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proaeli ; but, when that was not tho case, we could blame 
no one on finding an established custom of tho country 
inimical to our interests. On approaching tho confluence 
of the Tamunak'lo we were informed that tho fly called 
tsetso* aboundod on its banks. This was a barrier wo 
never expected to meet; and, as it might have brought 
Our wagons to a complete stand-still in a wilderness, 
where no supplies for tho children could be obtained, 
we were reluctantly compelled to recross the Zouga. 
Prom tho Bayoiye wo learned that a party of English- 
man, who had come to the lake in search of ivory, wore 
nil laid low by fever; so we travelled hastily down about 
sixty milos to render what aid was in our power. We 
Were grieved to find, as wo came near, that Mr. Alfred 
•Rider, an enterprising young artist who had come to 
niake sketches of this country and of the lake immediately 
after its discovery, had died of fevor beforo our arrival; 
bnt, by tho aid of medicines and such comforts as could be 
Diade by the only English lady who over visited tho lake, 
the others happily recovered. 
Sechelo used all his powers of eloquence with Lechuia- 
tebo to induce him to furnish guides, that I might bo able 
to visit Sebituane on ox-back, while Mrs. Livingstone and 
tho children remained at Lake Ngami. He yielded at 
last. I had a very superior London-made gun, the gift of 
■Lieutenant Arkwright, on which I placed tho greatest 
v alue, both on account of the donor and the impossibility 
of my replacing it. Lochulatebo fell violently in love with 
*t, and offered whatever number of elephants’ tusks 1 might 
*sk for it. I too was enamored with Sebituane ; and, as he 
promised in addition that he would furnish Mrs. Living- 
stone with meat all the time of my absenco, his argu- 
ments made mo part with the gun. Though ho had no 
ivory at the timo to pay me, I felt the pieco would bo well 
* Glossina morsilatu, tho first specimens of which were brought to 
England in 1848 by my friend Major Vardan, from the banks of th« 
hiinpopo. 
