308 KALUNDA AND MOAMBA FALLS. Chap. XV, 



as is possible on such a trifling subject. An egg is eaten here 

 with apparent relish, though an embryo chick be inside. 



We left Mosi-oa-tunya on the 27th, and slept close to the 

 village of Bakwini. It is built on a ridge of loose red soil, 

 which produces great crops of mapira and ground-nuts ; many 

 magnificent mosibe-trees stand near the village. Machimisi, 

 the headman of the village, possesses a herd of cattle and a 

 large heart ; he kept us company for a couple of days to guide 

 us on our way. 



We had heard a good deal of a stronghold some miles 

 below the Falls, called Kalunda. Our return path was 

 much nearer the Zambesi than that of our ascent, — in fact, 

 as near as the rough country would allow, — but we left it 

 twice before we reached Sinamane's, in order to see Kalunda 

 and a Fall called Modmba, or Moamba. The Makololo had 

 once dispossessed the Batoka of Kalunda, but we could not 

 see the fissure, or whatever it is, that rendered it a place 

 of security, as it was on the southern bank. The crack of the 

 Great Falls was here continued : the rocks are the same as 

 further up, but perhaps less weather-worn — and now partially 

 stratified in great thick masses. The country through which 

 we were travelling was covered with a cindery-looking 

 volcanic tufa, and might be called " Katakaumena." 



The description we received of the Moamba Falls seemed 

 to promise something grand. They were said to send up 

 " smoke " in the wet season, like Mosi-oa-tunya ; but when 

 we looked down into the cleft, in which the dark-green 

 narrow river still rolls, we saw, about 800 or 1000 feet 

 below us, what, after Mosi-oa-tunya, seemed two insigni- 

 ficant cataracts. It was evident, that Pitsane, observing our 

 delight at the Victoria Falls, wished to increase our pleasure 

 by a second wonder. One Mosi-oa-tunya, however, is quite 

 enough for a continent. 



