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valley with a large herd of zebras feeding quietly ; pretty 

 animals. We went only an hour and a half to-day, as one 

 sick man is carried, and it is hot and trying for all. I feel 

 it much internally, and am glad to move slowly. 



5th October. — Up and clown mountains, very sore on legs 

 and lungs. Trying to save donkey's strength I climbed and 

 descended, and as soon as I mounted, off he set as hard as 

 he could run, and he felt not the bridle ; the saddle was 

 loose, but I stuck on till we reached water in a bamboo 

 hollow with spring. 



6th October. — A long bamboo valley with giraffes in it. 

 Range on our right stretches away from us, and that on the 

 left dwindled down ; all covered with bamboos, in tufts like 

 other grasses ; elephants eat them. Travelled W. and by 

 S. 2 1 hours. Short marches on account of carrying one sick 

 man. 



1th October. — Over fine park-like country, with large 

 belts of bamboo and fine broad shady trees. Went west- 

 wards to the end of the left-hand range. Went four hours 

 over a level forest with much haematite. Trees large and 

 open. Large game evidently abounds, and waters generally 

 are not far apart. Our neighbour got a zebra, a rhino- 

 ceros, and two young elephants. 



8th October. — Came on early as sun is hot, and in two 

 hours saw the Tanganyika from a gentle hill. The land 

 is rough, with angular fragments of quartz; the rocks of 

 mica schist are tilted up as if away from the Lake's longer 

 axis. Some are upright, and some have basalt melted into 

 the layers, and crystallized in irregular polygons. All are 

 very tired, and in coming to a stockade we were refused 

 admittance, because Malongwana had attacked them lately, 

 and we might seize them when in this stronghold. Very 

 true ; so we sit outside in the shade of a single palm 

 (Borassus). 



9th October. — Eest, because all are tired, and several 



