style="color:black"> found the Cape, and named it "Cape Maclear" after
his friend, theastronomerThomas
Maclear, who was Her Majesty's Astronomer at theCape of Good Hope.In October
1875, a new mission, "Livingstonia", was set up by a group of members
of theFree Church of
Scotland.Before
the missionaries arrived, the area was controlled by theMuslimYao people.The graves
of the some of the missionaries are in Cape Maclear, overlooking the bay.Although Cape Maclear had a good
harbour, the poor soil in the area, and the prevalence of thetsetse fly, meant a more suitable base had to be found;the mission moved toBandawe,
nearChintheche, in 1882.
