236 MATABELE LAND. 
beautiful green veldt, road winding amongst a great 
number of kopjes; mopani, and other trees. Several 
large and rather bad spruits crossed. We kept coming 
near the Matengwe during this trek, and part of the 
time the road keeps along its bank. It is an ex- 
tremely pretty river, and has a fine running stream 
in its sandy bed. I saw a plant quite new to me, 
with fine fan-shaped drooping leaves. Some pretty 
white lilies, delicately striped with lilac, grew close 
to the river's bank. I enjoyed the scene very much. 
Few kraals. Where we outspanned, I had a bathe 
in the river. People came to sell things. 
''November 26tk. — Cloudy day, but hot; shower 
at night. Went through mopani veldt, till we came 
to a big tree, where we stopped. My mare, who I 
noticed refused her corn, lay down, and on looking 
at her we found her panting, and that there was a 
running at her nose. When made to get up, she 
soon lay down again. Stoffel says it is horse-sick- 
ness. I ordered her to be driven slowly on behind 
us when we trekked. Went past Menon's kraal. 
Menon and some of his people came out. He was 
very civil, and appointed to come to us ahead, which 
he did, when we each gave him a present. 
" November 2jth. — Cloudy, threatening morning ; 
a few drops of rain. Rain, thunder, and lightning in 
the evening. Started before daylight, and made a 
short trek through very heavy mopani to the drift of 
the Matengwe, where we outspanned. Some yellow 
matter was running from the mare's mouth and nose, 
but small in quantity. She pants and coughs, but 
