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Arrival at Mozambique-Interview with the Governor-general-Saluting the Consular Flag-Description of the Consul's House on the Mainland-Portuguese Rosa-Cruelty of the Portuguese Towards their Slaves-"Flog until he will Require no More"-Irrigation and Native Labour.
On the 18th of July, 1857, H. M. S. "Hermes" arrived at Mozambique; the harbour master paid his visit; the Portuguese flag on the Fort was saluted with twenty-one guns; and the Governor-general's _aide-de-camp_, a nephew of the Sa de Bandeira, came on board to inform me that His Excellency and his lady would receive myself and my lady at eleven o'clock the next day.