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fallen. " The stream . . .," writes Chapman, in his 
account of the Falls, referring to this portion of the 
river/ " which here slackens its speed before the 
VICTORIA FALLS, ZAMBESI (THE OUTLET). 
entrance, steals slowly round, at the solemn pace of 
a funeral procession, before it escapes from its con- 
finement between the massive columns of rock." The 
water here is of " that sombre green," says Baines 
in his description," " which indicates great depth ; 
the moderate rapid formed in the narrow turn below 
the entrance rolling in that smooth, glassy swell, 
almost destitute of foam, which seems so gentle and 
proves so overpowering when one tries to stem it." 
It Is the view from this point — ''one of the 
prettiest and most comprehensive " that can be ob- 
1 Travels in the Ititerior of South Africa, vol. ii., p. 130. 
^ Explorations in South- West Africa, p. 499. 
