72 THE LION OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



" The valley named Kandehy, or Kandehai, is as pic- 

 turesque a spot as is to be seen in this part of Africa. 

 The open glade, surrounded by forest trees of various 

 hues, had a little stream meandering in the centre, A 

 herd of reddish coloured antelopes stood on one side, 

 near a large baobab, looking at us, and ready to run 

 up the hill, while gnus, tsessbes, and zebras gazed in 

 astonishment at the intruders. Some fed carelessly, 

 and others put on the peculiar air of displeasure 

 which these animals sometimes assume before they 

 resolve on flight. A large white rhinoceros came 

 along the bottom of the valley with his slow sauntering 

 gait without noticing us ; he looked as if he meant to 

 indulge in a mud bath. Several buffaloes, with their 

 dark visages, stood under the trees on the side opposite 

 to the pallahs." 



And again : " At a short distance below us we saw 

 the Kafue, wending its way over a forest-clad plain to 

 the confluence, and on the other side of the Zambesi ; 

 beyond that lay a long range of dark hills. A line of 

 fleecy clouds appeared lying along the course of that 

 river at their base. The plain below us, at the left 

 of the Kafue, had more large game on it than any- 

 where else I had seen in Africa. Hundreds of 

 buffaloes and zebras grazed on the open spaces : and 

 there stood lordly elephants, feeding majestically, 

 nothing moving, apparently, but the proboscis. 



