Ishouldhavelikedtoformtheiracquaintance，andtolearnwhattheyreallythinkofwhitemenIunderstoodfromSekwebu，andfromoneofChangamera’speoplewholivesatLinyanti，andwaspresentattheattackonSenna，thattheyconsiderthewhitesasaconqueredtribe。
TheZambesiatMazaroisamagnificentriver，morethanhalfamilewide，andwithoutislandsTheoppositebankiscoveredwithforestsoffinetimber；butthedeltawhichbeginshereisonlyanimmenseflat，coveredwithhigh，coarsegrassandreeds，withhereandthereafewmangoandcocoanuttreesThiswasthepointwhichwasreachedbythelatelamentedCaptainParker，whofellattheSulinamouthoftheDanubeIhadastrongdesiretofollowtheZambesifarther，andascertainwherethisenormousbodyofwaterfounditswayintothesea；butonhearingfromthePortuguesethathehadascendedtothispoint，andhadbeenhighlypleasedwiththecapabilitiesoftheriver，IfeltsurethathisvaluableopinionmustbeinpossessionoftheAdmiraltyOnmyarrivalinEnglandIappliedtoCaptainWashington，HydrographertotheAdmiralty，andhepromptlyfurnishedthedocumentforpublicationbytheRoyalGeographicalSociety。
TheriverbetweenMazaroandtheseamustthereforebejudgedoffromthetestimonyofonemorecompetenttodecideonitsmeritsthanamerelandsmanlikemyself。
`OntheQuilimaneandZambesiRivers’FromtheJournalofthelateCaptHYDEPARKER，R。N。，HMBrig“Pantaloon“。
“TheLuaboisthemainoutletoftheGreatZambesiIntherainyseasonJanuaryandFebruaryprincipallythewholecountryisoverflowed，andthewaterescapesbythedifferentriversasfarupasQuilimane；