314 BLACKSMITH'S BELLOWS. Chap. XV. 



or tobacco, comes in from the country of Moselekatse, or 

 from the south-east, and joins the Zambesi above Golongwe. 

 This fact may corroborate what is said by Mr. Thomas, 

 that all the rivers rising on the one side of Moselekatse's 

 country run easterly, and into the Shashe, to join the Lim- 

 popo, while all the others run westerly, and then northerly, 

 to the Zambesi. Golongwe was probably the dam which, 

 before the rent was made, converted the whole Linyanti 

 Valley into a lake ; but we could not, on the path we came, 

 observe any difference of level by the barometer. From the 

 Falls to Sinamane's the country sloped, and was all lower 

 than Sesheke ; still a considerable difference of level must 

 have taken place since the deep undisturbed mass of soft 

 tufa was deposited on the great flats of Sesheke and Lin- 

 yanti. The courses of the rivers in the country of Mose- 

 lekatse, and on the Batoka highlands, west of the Kalomo, 

 show that, in reference to the countries east of it, the great 

 Makololo Valley is still a hollow. 



On the 5th, after crossing some lulls, we rested at the 



Bellows and other Tools. 



village of Simariango. The bellows of the blacksmith here 



