The Conquest of the Desert 



supposing the falls (from the noise) were not 

 very far distant, I walked towards them ; but 

 feeling excessively tired, I sat down under the 

 shadow of a bush, and was soon fast asleep, 

 having had little rest the night before. [On 

 being awakened by his followers, Moffat, hearing 

 the roaring of lions, left the river and directed 

 his course to the next turn of the stream.] One 

 of these we reached at a late hour, and it being 

 very dark, and the banks precipitous, we heard 

 the water murmuring below, but dared not go 

 down, fearing a plunge, and the company of the 

 hippopotami." 



The truth is, Moffat was a missionary before 

 he was an explorer. Livingstone, on the other 

 hand, was an explorer before he was a mission- 

 ary. This is clearly shown by the last note in 

 Livingstone's diary, as he lay dying : " Knocked 

 Up quite and remain — recover — sent to buy 

 milch goats. We are on the banks of the 

 Molilamo." 



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The best recent description of the Falls is 

 that given in The State (South Africa) for May 

 and June 1911, by Mr A. D. Lewis, M.A., 

 A.M.I.C.E., an official in the Union Irrigation 

 Department. Mr Lewis writes : " I have 

 adopted the name for the falls which you will 



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