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rest, and casting their feathery foliage against 
the sky. The banks are rocky and undulating ; 
many villages of the Kanzeti, a poor, but in- 
dustrious people, are situated on both of them. 
They are expert hunters of the hippopotami 
and other animals, and cultivate grain exten- 
sively. At the bend of Katima Molelo, the 
bottom of the river bed begins to be rocky, 
and continues so the whole way, to about lati- 
tude 16° South, forming a succession of rapids 
and cataracts, which are dangerous when the 
river is low. The rocks are of hard sandstone 
and porphyritic basalt. The main fall amongst 
these cataracts is over a straight ledge of rock, 
about 60 or 70 yards long, and 40 feet deep. 
The Tetze fly, in places, inhabits the banks." 
Throughout the surrounding districts, the 
villages and towns are built on mounds, whilst 
the valleys are covered with rich pasturage, and 
at certain periods of the year, large herds of 
cattle. The principal town, or capital, of the 
Barotse country is Nariele : it contains about 
1000 inhabitants. The ridges of the high 
lands are covered with trees, and abound in 
fruitful gardens, in which were found the 
sugar-cane, sweet potato, two kinds of manioc, 
two kinds of yam, bananas, millet, maize, and 
Kaffir corn. The river contains an abundance 
of fish, so that the valley was always spoken 
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