CHAPTER IX. 
Fresh start for the Zambesi— The Ramaqueban again— A Hon shot — 
Singular building — Wild fruit — First kraal of the Makalakas — 
Stopped by the induna — Return to Tati — To Gubuleweyo and 
back — Fresh leave obtained — Altered arrangements for the 
journey. 
On first leaving the Tati, on June 9th, the old ground, 
as though he had been making for Gubuleweyo, was 
retraced as far as the Ramaqueban River, where, on 
June loth, the traveller halted a short time to hunt. 
Giraffe, quagga, and blue wildebeest were now abun- 
dant in this district, and ostriches were also met 
with. Van Roozen too, the day before they left, suc- 
ceeded in shooting a lion which had threatened to 
attack his horse — a great feat for this intrepid sports- 
man. An account of this adventure, along with some 
other matter, is given in the traveller's Journal of this 
date, as follows : — 
''June 12th. — Mild, cloudy day, after a very 
mild night. . . . Just before sundown Van Roozen 
returned from hunting, having shot a lion. It seems 
he had been following a sable antelope bull, and was 
about two or three miles from the waggon, down the 
