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THE LEEAMBYE. 
minutes were spent in tho mero passago from bans, to 
Dank. 
Sovoral days wore spont in collecting canoos from dif- 
ferent villages on tho river, which wo now learned is called 
by tho wholo of tho Barotsc tho Liambai or Lccambyo. 
This wo could not ascertain on our first visit, and, conse- 
quently, called tho r'vcr after tho town “Scshckc.” This 
term Scshcko means “white sand-banks,” many of which 
exist at this part. Thero is another villago in tho valley 
of tho Barotso likowiso called Scsholco, and for tho same 
reason; but tho term Lceambyo means “the largo river,” 
or the river par excellence. Luambeji, Luambesi, Ambezi, 
Ojimbesi, and Zambesi, &c., are names applied to it at dif- 
ferent parts of its courso, according to tho dialect spoken, 
and all possess a similar signification, and express tho na- 
tivo idea of this magnificont stream boing tho main drain 
of the country. 
In order to assist in tho support of our largo party, and 
at tho samo time to see tho adjacent country, I wont 
3cvoral times, during our stay, to tho north of tho villago 
for gamo The country is covered with clumps of beauti- 
ful trees, among which fine open glades stretch away in 
every direction; when tho river is in flood theso are inun- 
dated, but tho tree-covered olovated spots are much more 
numerous hero than in tho country botween tho Chobo and 
tho Lccambyo. Tho soil is dark loam, as it is overywhoro 
on spots reached by tho inundation, while among tho trees 
it is sandy, and not covered so densely with grass as olso- 
whoro. A sandy ridge covered with trees, running parallel 
to and about eight miles from tho river, is tho limit of the 
inundation on tho north ; there are largo tracts of this 
sandy forest in that direction, till you come to other dis- 
tricts of alluvial soil and fowor trocs. Tho latter soil is 
always found in tho vicinity of rivers which either now 
overflow their banks annually or formerly did so. The 
pooplo enjoy rain in sufficient quantity to raise very larg« 
supplios of grain and groundnuts. 
