chaola

Updated: January 10, 2026

Chaola is the poison used by the Maravi for their arrows, it is said to cause mortification. One of the wonders usually told of us in this upland region is that we sleep without fire.

David Livingstone - The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868