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SOUTHERN AFRICA. 
to the Barotse valley, and lower parts of the 
Zambesi, is supplied by copious rains in the 
North, and, as the natives reported, comes 
chiefly from the Lobale. 
" We suffered less detention than might have 
been expected, from these rivers ; for though 
we had to swim some of them, all (except two 
boys) knew the art ; and we never stopped to 
dry our clothes, unless it were in the after- 
noons. We got drenched, either by rains or 
rivers, two or three times every day ; but the 
sun was hot, and we suffered no inconvenience. 
If, however, we arrived at our sleeping-place 
damp, or got our blankets wet, intermittent 
fever was sure to follow." 
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" The country of the Balonda, through 
which we passed, was both beautiful and fer- 
tile; dense forests alternate constantly with 
I open valleys covered with grass, resembling 
fine English meadows. The general surface, 
though flat, seems covered with waves disposed 
lengthways, from U. N, E., to 8. S. W. The 
crest of each of these earthen billows is co- 
vered with forest, four or five miles broad ; 
while the trough, about a mile wide, has gene- 
rally a stream or bog in the centre of it, with 
the habitations and gardens of the inhabitants 
on the sides. The forests consist of lofty ever- 
