LINYANTI ON THE CHOBE. 101 



higher than the wagons ; the splendid vines, hanging richly and 

 gracefully among the trees, as if arranged by — they were 

 arranged by the hand of God ! Small rivers crossed their way 

 continually. 



When he reached the Sanshureh, he met trouble enough to 

 dishearten any ordinary man. He was an extraordinary man. 

 This new barrier met them in latitude 18° 4' 27" S., longitude 

 24° 6' 20" E. In vain they sought a ford ; they sought east 

 and west ; everywhere the same deep flood met them as they 

 reached the terminus of the rank undergrowth through which 

 they were splashing in water from ankle-deep to the arm-pits. 

 Everywhere the river was broad and deep ; everywhere there 

 was a wall of reeds resisting its approach through an inundated 

 swamp. Heartily wearied, the bold explorer, with a single 

 companion, pushed out a small boat upon the stream, and, 

 leaving the wagons, went floating down the stream until he 

 dropped among the astonished inhabitants of a Makololo town 

 like one from the clouds. In the boat he had passed the confluence 

 of the river, and was now on the western bank of the Chobe, in the 

 land of friends. By the kindness of these Makololo of Moremi, 

 they were assisted to bring the oxen and wagons across. This 

 brought them almost upon the route of 1851. It was now the 

 23d of May, 1853. They were at Linyanti, the capital of the 

 Makololo region, among the people of Sebituane. 



