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CHAPTER XI. 



Walk down the Lesungue — -Beating down Burning Grass— Ciiippoo- 

 toola's only Shirt — M'pemba — Early Start — The Makurumadsee — 

 A Refreshing Bath — En route for Matiti — The Abuse of Rum — 

 Misconduct of Buckley — Red Ants — Visitors to our Camp — Narrow 

 Escape — Masiko — Visit to Moloka's Village — His Wives — Chibisa 

 — A Bad Night — Chase of Koodoos — Splendid Shot — Large Herd 

 of Elephants — Gazelles — Their Tameness — Magnificent Pair of 

 Ivories — ^In Quest of Large Game — Indian Elephants — Providing 

 Meat for Moloka — Shot at a Bless-bock — Reminiscences of the Chase 

 — Adventure with an Elephant. 



IT is an extraordinary fact that during my walk of 

 thirty-five or forty miles down the Lesungue, I 

 never saw the footprints of an elephant, buffalo, or 

 antelope ; and if there was game of any kind near, 

 they must unavoidably have come to drink at the 

 river. The cultivation all the way down, along the 

 river, was very extensive, and the land I passed through 

 very fertile. After a short rest we were off again, 

 being anxious to reach M'pemba, if possible, before 

 night. The heat was dreadful, and Moloka's dog 

 died from the effects of it, after a few minutes' illness, 

 the head and spine being affected. 



Near evening, the noise of a fire was heard roar- 



