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MODE OF FISHING. 



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passing some of the more important rapids by easy portages, or, 

 hereafter, by locks. 



When flooded, these plains are overspread by numerous fish, 

 consisting principally of a sort of mud -fish and a small min- 

 now-like fry. 



The natives, taking advantage of small inequalities of sur- 

 face, dam in large expanses, which become shallow ponds when 

 the floods subside. Holes are then made in the dams, and the 

 water is drained off through wicker-work placed in the gaps, 

 when the surface of the ground which formed the bottom of 



August, 



1875. 



VILLAGE IN LOVALE. 



the pond is found to be covered with fish. They are roughly 

 dried, and exported to the neighboring countries, or sold to pass- 

 ing caravans. 



On the 28th 'of August, we arrived at the village of Katende, 

 the principal chief of a large portion of Lovale, which now con- 

 sists of two or three divisions, although it was formerly under 

 one ruler. 



Dried fish was reported to be plentiful here, and especially 

 on the Zambesi, about fourteen miles south of our camp, "We 

 therefore decided on halting while men were dispatched to pro- 

 cure a sufiicient quantity of fish to pay our way through Ki- 

 bokwe. I sent a party on this errand with all my long-hoarded 



