ARRIVAL A T BAMANG WA TO. 1 5 
view — a erand stream — and a fine blue distant moun- 
ts' 
tain range stretched to the right and right rear. A 
hah of two or three days was made by the river's 
bank, to give the oxen time to rest. Here buffalo, 
blue wildebeest, springbok, and other game was 
found, including wild pigs and pallah ; and a little 
further north eland was met with, and many of the 
lesser antelopes. About this time the dews, which 
had hitherto been heavy, ceased altogether ; possibly, 
in part, owing to the change of locality. The road 
now for some time again continued near the left 
bank of the Crocodile, until the 24th, when, soon after 
crossing the Notuani, another of its tributaries, the 
course of the river was finally abandoned, and on the 
27th the blue tops of the Bamangwato " kopjes " (low 
hills) came in sight. The place itself was reached two 
days later. 
Here a short halt was again made for a few 
days, to engage fresh Kafirs and prepare for the 
continuation of the journey northwards. Owing 
to the want of water in the country between here 
and Lake Ngami, the part of the proposed ex- 
pedition which included a visit to the lake had to 
be abandoned, Frank Oates resolving to proceed, 
if possible, direct to the Zambesi, the rest of the 
party accompanying him north as far as the Tati 
river in search of sport, to return thence by the 
same route as they had come. Mr. Gray, the trader, 
had arrived at Bamangwato a few days earlier, and 
decided to wait there till the rains should come before 
proceeding on his journey to the lake. The following 
