328 sekote's island. 



Moriantsane, uncle of Sekeletu and head-man of Sesheko; 

 and, entering canoes on the 13th, some sailed down the 

 river to the confluence of the Chobe, while others drove the 

 cattle along the banks, spending one night at Mparia, the 

 island at the confluence of the Chobe, which is composed 

 of trap having crystals of quartz in it coated with a 

 pellicle of green copper-ore. Attempting to proceed down 

 the river next day, we were detained some hours by a 

 strong east wind raising waves so large as to threaten to 

 swamp the canoe. The river here is very large and deep, 

 and contains two considerable islands, which from either 

 bank seem to be joined to the opposite shore. 



Having descended about ten miles, we came to the 

 island of Nampene, at the beginning of the rapids, where 

 we were obliged to leave the canoes and proceed along the 

 banks on foot. The next evening we slept opposite the 

 island of Chondo, and, then crossing the Lekone or Lek- 

 wine, early the following morning were at the island of 

 Sekote, called Kalai. This Sekote was the last of the 

 Batoka chiefs whom Sebituane rooted out. 



As this was the point from which we intended to strike 

 off to the northeast, I resolved on the following day to 

 visit the falls of Victoria, called by the natives Mosioa- 

 tunya, or, more anciently, Shongwe. Of these we had 

 often heard since we came into the country : indeed, one 

 of the questions asked by Sebituane was, " Have you smoke 

 that sounds in your country V They did not go near 

 enough to examine them, but, viewing them with awe at 

 a distance, said, in reference to the vapor and noise, "-Mosi 

 oa tunya," (smoke does sound there.) It was previously 

 called Shongwe, the meaning of which I could not ascer- 

 tain. The word for a " pot" resembles this, and it may 

 mean a seething caldron; but I am not certain of it. 

 Being persuaded that JMr. Oswell and myself were the very 

 tirst Europeans who ever visited the Zambesi in the centre 

 of the country, and that this is the connecting-link between 

 the known and unknown portions of that river, I decided 



