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tremendously loud kind only to be heard in tropical countries, and 

 which friends from India have assured me is louder in Africa than 

 any they have ever heard elsewhere. Then came a pelting rain, 

 which completed our confusion. After the intense heat of the day, 

 we soon felt miserably cold, and turned aside to a fire we saw in 

 the distance. This had been made by some people on their march; 

 for this path is seldom without numbers of strangers passing to 

 and from the capital. My clothing having gone on, I lay down 

 on the cold ground, expecting to spend a miserable night; but Se- 

 keletu kindly covered me with his own blanket, and lay uncovered 

 himself. I was much affected by this act of genuine kindness. 

 If such men must perish by the advance of civilization, as certain 

 races of animals do before others, it is a pity. God grant that 

 ere this time comes they may receive that Gospel which is a solace 

 for the soul in death ! 



While at Sesheke, Sekeletu supplied me with twelve oxen — 

 three of which were accustomed to being ridden upon — hoes, and 

 beads to purchase a canoe when we should strike the Leeambye 

 beyond the falls. He likewise presented abundance of good fresh 

 butter and honey, and did every thing in his power to make me 

 comfortable for the journey. I was entirely dependent on his 

 generosity, for the goods I originally brought from the Cape were 

 all expended by the time I set off from Linyanti to the west 

 coast. I there drew £70 of my salary, paid my men with it, and 

 purchased goods for the return journey to Linyanti. These being 

 now all expended, the Makololo again fitted me out, and sent me 

 on to the east coast. I was thus dependent on their bounty, 

 and that of other Africans, for the means of going from Linyanti 

 to Loanda, and again from Linyanti to the east coast, and I feel 

 deeply grateful to them. Coin would have been of no benefit, 

 for gold and silver are quite unknown. We were here joined by 

 Moriantsane, uncle of Sekeletu and head man of Sesheke, 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 



