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(Great Water), and thinking tliat by the time Mr. 

 Young would arrive it would be too late to go on 

 further, bivouacked by the stream. While the natives 

 were arranging the camp I strolled along the bank, 

 and luckily killed a hippopotamus (cow), and return- 

 ing through the jungle had a shot at a bushbock 

 (Tagelaphus Sylvatica), which I wounded, but did not 

 bao" 



Next mornincf I marched at 7.45 a.m. Much of 

 the road lay along the banks of the Shire, now and 

 then taking^ a twist throuoii the hills to avoid a bend 

 in the stream. I found the country totally devoid of 

 inhabitants. On the hills at the opposite side of the 

 river fires are to be seen every night — supposed to be 

 kindled by the Mavite ! We marched every morning 

 early, halted under some large tree in the middle of 

 the day for an hour or so, and in the evening in time 

 to have camp arranged before dark. I killed two 

 hippopotami at M'pemba, and one reedbock during 

 the following morning's march. 



2Qth August. — A long, hot, and tedious march, during 

 which I saw no game except in the river, which 

 swarms with hippopotami. I passed through a deal 

 of very thorny scrub jungle by tlie river, and saw 

 some old buffalo spoor. Towards evening some 

 footprints on the newly -burned grass warned us that 

 either friends or foes were near. We camped close 

 to the river, the Makololos firing guns all night, they 

 said to keep the Manganja and Mavite off! 



Towards the close of this day's march, I crossed 

 the Lesungwe river, which was nearly dry, and our 

 camp was pitched close to the Sezane Falls. These 



