CHAPTER VI. 



Return to Tati — Changed aspect of the country — Constant delays — 

 The Mashonas — At Monyama's again — John Lee's — Letter home 

 — The Inkwisi — Wild fruit — A hornbill's nest — The Impakwe and 

 Ramakwebani Rivers — Graves of Englishmen — White ants — 

 Bushman remains — Tati reached. 



Frank Oates's plan on leaving Gubuluwayo was to 

 return slowly, by way of Tati, to Bamangwato, there 

 to prepare himself with a fresh outfit of goods and 

 other necessaries for a renewed attempt to reach the 

 Zambesi early in the year ; unless on his arrival 

 there he should find letters which required his return 

 to England. As it was yet too soon to think of 

 making at once for the Zambesi, he took his time 

 upon the road to Tati, not arriving there till near 

 the end of February. He stopped to hunt some 

 time upon the Ramakwebani, and the whole journey 

 progress was inevitably slow, owing to the heavy 

 state of the country from the recent rains. The 

 waggon was constantly sticking, and delays were 

 endless. The route taken was the same as that by 

 which he had come to Gubuluwayo, but the country 

 was now rendered so much more attractive with the 

 advancing season, that some extracts may be given 

 from the Journal. 



