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that a chief, who lives in a part of the country in the north, called Maz- 
zekiva, kills a man ene sig throws his body into the stream, after 
which the water begins to 
The sketch which I enclose i is ——— to ee an idea of the river 
Zonga and the lake Ngami. The n of the latter is pronounced as 
if written with the Spanish fi, the e ag sete to show that the 
ringing sound is required. The meaning is “Great Water.” The lat- 
_ taken by a Sextant on which I can fully depend, was 20° 20/ 
south, at the oa —* where it is joined by the Zonga; lon- 
Fiude about 24° We do not, however, know it with certainty. 
in the south-southwest presents a large horizon of water. Jt ts report- 
ed to be about 70 miles in length, bends round to the northwest, and 
there receives another river similar to the Zonga. The Zonga runs to 
the northeast. The thorns were so thickly planted near the upper part 
of this river, that we left all our waggons standing about 180 miles 
from the lake, except that of Mr. Oswell, in which we traveled the re- 
maining distance but:for this precaution our oxen would have been un- 
able to return. I am now sta ascii at a tribe of Bakurutse, and shall a 
_ina ay or io re- -enter the deser pr 
The breadth marked-is inte paded to show the difference betecen shee Fy 
size of thé Zonga, after its junction with the Tamunakle and before it. 
The farther ‘it t runs east, the narrower it becomes. The course is — 
shown by the arrow-heads. The rivers not seen, but reported by the*” 
ives, are. put down in dotted lines. The dotted lines running north” 
“ofthe the riverand lake, show the probable course of the Tam ia 
= and:another river which falls into ‘Be lake at its northwest extrem 
The arrow:heads show also the direction of its ow. Atthe part m 
ed by the-name eee Mosing it a. Hot srs than 50 or 60; 
rds 
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