Excerpt from The Shire Highlands, (East Central Africa), As Colony and Mission The ms. Of. The following work was given to me by the author for publication, when he left here at the end of June last to return to Blantyre. Part was written on board ship, and forwarded from Cape Town and Natal two months later. My work as editor has been confined to settling the order of the chapters, providing index of con tents to each, making a few verbal alterations, contributing Appendix A. To Chapter iii, the closing details to Chapters vii. And viii, the whole of Chapter ix., and correcting the proofs. In no case have I interfered with the views expressed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.