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etceteras on my return, if he would accompany me ; to which 

 he at last acceded, all his countrymen attempting to deter 

 him, by the idea of being killed and eaten by the bushmen. 



We reached banza Manzy (about nine miles north 

 of Cooloo), at noon, the whole road being along a plateau. 

 Here I was obliged to give four fathoms of baft for a pig of 

 151b. weight; and after he was paid for, the people pretend- 

 ing they could not catch him, I was obliged to direct him 

 to be shot. At four came to a very deep ravine (Sooloo en- 

 vonzi), the bed of a vast torrent, covered with rocks, slate 

 and quartz, in the hollows of which a considerable quantity 

 of excellent water still remained, apparently since the rains. 

 The sides of the ravine were thinly cloathed with wood, 

 among which were trees perfectly straight from 80 to 100 

 feet high, and 18 inches diameter, the wood of which was 

 nearly the density, and had much the appearance, of oak ; 

 they were the only trees we had yet seen of any utility. 



In this ravine we halted for the night, on learning that we 

 could not reach Inga, and that there was no water between 

 where we were and tliat })lace. The country we passed 

 over this day would appear to be from 8 to 12 miles from 

 the river, and is more hilly and barren than any we have 

 yet gone over ; but the same structure, on a larger scale, 

 appears to prevail, as that of which I have given a repre- 

 sentation. 



