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THE SANSHTJREH 
it, as a small portion introduced into a scratch acts like 
morbid matter in dissection-wounds. The agony is so 
great that tho person cuts himself, calls for his mother’s 
broast as if he wero returned in idea to his childhood again, 
or flies from human habitations a raging maniac. The 
effects on tho lion are equally toi'riblo. Ho is heard moan- 
ing ,n distress, and becomes furious, biting tho trees and 
gi ound in rage. 
As tho Bushmen havo tho reputation of curing the 
wounds of this poison, I asked how this was effected. 
They said that they administer tho caterpillar itself in 
combination with fat; they also rub fat into tho wound, 
saying that “tho N’gwa wants fat, and, when it docs not 
find it in the body, kills tho man : we givo it what it 
wants, and it is content:” a reason whl h will commend 
itself to tho enligh toned among ourselves. 
None of tho men of our party had died, but two seemed 
unlikely to recover; and Kibopechoe, my willing Mokwain, 
at last becamo troubled with boils, and then got all the 
symptoms of fever. As ho lay down, tho others began to 
move about, and complained of weakness only. Behoving 
that frequent change of plaoo was conducive to their 
recovery, wo moved along as much as wo could, and came 
to tho hill N’gwa, (hit. 18° 27' 20" S., long. 24° 13' 36" B) 
Ihis being tho only hill wo had seen since leaving Bamang- 
wato, wo felt inclined to take off our hats to it. It 
throe or four hundrod feet high, and covered with trees. 
Our Bushmen wished to leave us, and, as thoro was no 
uso in trying to thwart these independent .gontlemou, 1 
paid them, and allowed thorn to go. Tho payment, how - 
ever, acted as a charm on somo strangers who happened 
to bo present, and induced them to volunteer their aid. 
Wo at last came to tho Sanshureh, which presented an 
impassable barrier; so wo drew up under a magnificent 
baobab-tree, (hit. 18° 4' 27" S., long. 24° 6' 20" E.,) » nd 
resolved to explore tho river for a ford. The great qua 11 ' 
tity of wator we had passed through was part of the 
