22 J. A. Liebman.—Mashonaland and Matabeleland, §c. 
Macloutsie (Base) PP Si? --- 1,800 feet: 
Fort Tuli sh ae be -20 2000 oe 
Umzingwane a si oh oat 2a Te cae 
Setoutse Station ... - se oo 
Nuanetze ae Sti a net OO ee 
Lundi wee Bie ae Bop 6) ie 
‘Tukwe ae a ba --- 2,660 ,, 
Victoria ee M - eB OTOr es 
Schakwe rp a daa foe, ROLOM e 
Charter ies we ioe ae Ao me 
Salisbury ede. — sie me 4 OO. 
Again, this road after leaving Umzingwane is well within the 
3,000 feet contour, in fact the further we advance the more do we 
get away from the edge of the plateau. As a matter of fact this 
road runs parallel (more or less, but rather more than less) to the 
31° of latitude East and the wonderful life-giving contour is fully 
two (2) degrees still more to the East ! 
I now take the liberty of advancing an opinion, viz. that this road 
was not chosen with the sole object of avoiding Buluwayo as 
contended. From what I know of the Pioneers—and I may here 
incidentally remark that there are many Diocesan College Boys amongst 
them—there are or rather were only three awkward rivers to cross, 
whereas on the old elephant hunters’ road there are innumerable 
ones. Besides the Macloutsie and Shashi which the Pioneers had to 
traverse, you get the Umkhosi, Im-Pembi, Bubi, Shangani (with four 
of its affluents), Sabalove, and Umniati. And now to crown all, the 
whole of the road after leaving Shiloh runs in the Zambezi valley ! ! 
Lobengula has already given permission to travel by the route 
adopted. ‘There was no tribute to pay, and consequently and quite 
naturally the Pioneers did not go to Buluwayo. 
And now one word in conclusion. To those whose susceptibilities 
I may have wounded by my perhaps too vigorous language, I offer 
my sincere apologies and only beg that it may be taken into con- 
sideration that he who feels strongly cannot but write strongly, and 
that every line has been dictated by a wish to serve the cause of 
science and of truth to the best of my ability. 
