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these may perhaps have been submerged, as the laud again 

 sank under some igneous agency, and became subjected to 

 the action of water, at a high temperature, holding silica in 

 solution. However that may have been, it is certain that a 

 coalfield of unknown extent exists, for coal is found cropping 

 out near to the lava or basalt, which is the principal rock of 

 the Victoria Falls district, and, with the " faults " alluded to, 

 it extends to the east of Tette. Then, again, we saw it in 

 the Kovuma, with the same characteristic of fossil-wood lying 

 on the grey sandstone. With abundance of fine iron-ore, the 

 existence of this prodigious coalfield leads to the belief that 

 an important future is in store for Africa. 



On the 14th July we left the river at the mountain-range, 

 which, lying north-east and south-west across the river, forms 

 the Kariba gorge. Near the upper end of the Kariba rapids, 

 the stream Sanyati enters from the south, and is reported to 

 have Moselekatse's principal cattle-posts at its sources; our 

 route went round the north end of the mountains, and we 

 encamped beside the village of the generous Chief, Moloi, 

 who brought us three immense baskets of fine mapira meal, 

 ten fowls, and two pots of beer. On receiving a present in 

 return, he rose, and, with a few dancing gestures, said or 

 sang, "Motota, Motota, Motota," which our men translated 

 into " thanks." He had visited Moselekatse a few months 

 before our arrival, and saw the English Missionaries, living 

 in then wagons. " They told Moselekatse," said he, " they 

 were of his family, or friends, and would plough the land 

 and live at their own expense ;" and he had replied, " The 

 land is before you, and I shall come and see you plough." 

 This again was substantially what took place, when Mr. 

 Moffat introduced the Missionaries to his old -friend, and 

 shows still further that the notion of losing their country by 



