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CONTENTS. 



Kocks. — Shrines of the Barimo. — "The Pestle of the Gods." — Second Visit to 

 the Falls. — Island Garden.— -Store-house Island. — Native Diviners. — A Euro- 

 pean Diviner. — Makololo Eoray. — Marauder to be fined. — Mambari. — Makololo 

 wish to stop Mambari Slave-trading. — Part with Sekeletu. — Night Traveling. — 

 Biver Lekone. — Ancient fresh-water Lakes. — Formation of Lake Ngami. — Na- 

 tive Traditions. — Drainage of the Great Valley. — Native Beports of the Country 

 to the North. — Maps. — Moyara's Village. — Savage Customs of the Batoka. — A 

 Chain of Trading Stations. — Bemedy against Tsetse. — "The Well of Joy." — 

 First Traces of Trade with Europeans. — Knocking out the front Teeth. — Facetious 

 Explanation. — Degradation of the Batoka. — Description of the Traveling Party. 

 — Cross the Unguesi. — Geological Formation. — Buins of a large Town. — Pro- 

 ductions of the Soil similar to those in Angola. — Abundance of Fruit... Page 554 



CHAPTEB XXVII. 



Low Hills. — Black Soldier-Ants ; their Cannibalism. — The Plasterer and its Chlo- 

 roform. — White Ants ; their Usefulness. — Mutokwane-smoking ; its Effects. — 

 Border Territory. — Healthy Table-lands. — Geological Formation. — Cicada?. — 

 Trees. — Flowers. — Biver Kalomo. — Physical Conformation of Country. — Bidges, 

 sanatoria. — A wounded Buffalo assisted. — Buffalo-bird. — Bhinoceros-bird. — 

 Leaders of Herds. — The Honey-guide. — The White Mountain. — Mozuma Biver. 

 — Sebituane's old Home. — Hostile Village. — Prophetic Phrensy. — Food of the El- 

 ephant. — Ant-hills. — Friendly Batoka. — Clothing despised. — Method of Saluta- 

 tion. — Wild Fruits. — The Captive released. — Longings for Peace. — Pingola's 

 Conquests. — The Village of Monze.-»Aspect of the Country. — Visit from the 

 Chief Monze and his Wife. — Central healthy Locations. — Friendly Feelings of 

 the People in reference to a white Besident. — Fertility of the Soil. — Bashuku- 

 lompo Mode of dressing their Hair. — Gratitude of the Prisoner we released. — 

 Kindness and Bemarks of Monze's Sister. — Dip of the Bocks. — Vegetation. — 

 Generosity of the Inhabitants. — Their Anxiety for Medicine. — Hooping-cough. 

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CHAPTEB XXVIII. 



Beautiful Valley.— Buffalo.— My young Men kill two Elephants.— The Hunt. — 

 Mode of measuring Height of live Elephants. — Wild Animals smaller here than 

 in the South, though their Food is more abundant. — The Elephant a dainty 

 Feeder. — Semalembue. — His Presents. — Joy in prospect of living in Peace. — 

 Trade. — His People's way of wearing their Hair. — Their Mode of Salutation. — 

 Old Encampment. — Sebituane's former Besidence. — Ford of Kafue. — Hippopot- 

 ami. — Hills and Villages. — Geological Formation. — Prodigious Quantities of 

 large Game. — Their Tameness. — Bains. — Less Sickness than in the Journey to 

 Loanda. — Beason.— Charge from an Elephant. — Vast Amount of animal Life 



on the Zambesi. — Water of Biver discolored. An Island with Buffaloes and 



Men on it. — Native Devices for killing Game. — Tsetse now in Country.— Agri- 

 cultural Industry.— An Albino murdered by his Mother.— " Guilty of Tlolo."— 

 Women who make their Mouths "like those of Ducks."— First Symptom of the 

 Slave-trade on this side. — Selole's Hostility. — An armed Party hoaxed.— An 

 Italian Marauder slain.— Elephant's Tenacity of Life.— A Word to young Sports- 

 men. — Mr. Oswell's Adventure with an Elephant ; narrow Escapo. — MburumaV 

 Village. — Suspicious Conduct of his People. — Guides attempt to detain us. — The 

 Village and People of Ma Mburuma. — Character our Guides give of us 599 



