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certain time, in fact, it may be in rather better 

 fettle than usual, when suddenly it appears un- 

 well. It ceases to work and becomes very tottery. 

 In a few minutes it is noticed to be breathins; 

 hard, and its nostrils working are evidences of 

 great distress. Almost at the same time a dis- 

 charge of mucus appears at the nostrils, which 

 presently becomes very profuse. The distress 

 increases, and in a few hours the animal, becoming 

 weaker and weaker, and more and more distressed 

 in its breathing, falls do^vn and dies. Post-mortem 

 shows general congestion of the internal organs, 

 especially of the lungs. All kinds of remedies 

 have been tried, and have failed. In the case of 

 our mule, half a bottle of gin and a large table- 

 spoonful of tjuinine were at once administered, 

 and this seemed to revive it for a time ; l3ut soon 

 the weakness came on again, and the animal died. 

 June 11th. — Sequana is about fifteen miles from 

 Maripi, our last halting place. It is on the banks 

 of the River Mariko, which provides good water. 

 We are outspanned about 200 yards from the 

 river by the road side. This afternoon a lot of 

 Kaffir women came round with milk, pumpkins, 

 etc., for barter. They were a very good-natured 

 looking lot. I happened, at the time, to be 

 reading the special number of SoutJb Africa, which 

 contains many excellent pictures of this part of 

 the world and of the various tribes. I showed 

 them to the women, and they recognized several 

 specimen portraits. The first was a picture of 

 Matabele women, correct in detail, because it was 



