DESCRIPTION OF THE FALLS. 



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north and south, whilst the fissure which receives the 

 water lies nearly east and west. At this point the 

 rushing waters from either side unite after they have 

 fallen. " The stream . . .," writes Chapman, in his 



VICTORIA FALLS, ZAMBESI (THE OUTLET). 



account of the Falls, referring to this portion of the 

 river, 1 "which here slackens its speed before the 

 entrance, steals slowly round, at the solemn pace of 

 a funeral procession, before it escapes from its con- 

 finement between the massive columns of rock." The 

 water here is of " that sombre green," says Baines 

 in his description, 2 " which indicates great depth ; 

 the moderate rapid formed in the narrow turn below 

 the entrance rolling in that smooth, glassy swell, 



1 'Travels in the Interior of South Africa/ vol. ii., p. 130. 



- ' Explorations in South- West Africa,' p. 499. 



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