Fort Salisbury. 



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is to be hoped tliat, under the protection of, the 

 Chartered Company things will be changed, that 

 the Matabele raids will be occurrences of the past, 

 and that the poor, starving, hunted, timid Mashona 

 will grow his mealies and possess his flocks and 

 herds in peace. For the present, however, the 

 country gives the traveller no assistance whatever 



Native paintings on rocks at Matefi's kraal. 



in the way of sustenance either for himself or his 

 animals. Situated in a wide and stretching plain, 

 uncovered by bush. Fort Salisbury is not perceived 

 by one approaching from the south until actually 

 reached. The settlement lies at the foot of and 

 around a long kopje about three hundred feet high, 

 thickly clothed with small trees. About half a 



