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RAPIDS AND FALLS. 
they have ever bean warliko. Indeed, the wars in the 
Centro of tho country, where no slave-trade existed, have 
seldom been about any thing else but cattle. So well 
known is this, that several tribes rofuso to keep cattle, 
bocauso they tempt their enemies to eomo and steal 
Nevertheless, they have no objection to cat them whoD 
offered, and their country admits of being well stocked. 1 
have heard of but one war having occurred from another 
causo. Three brothers, Barolongs, fought for tho possession 
of a woman who was considered worth a battle, and the 
tribo has remained permanently divided ever since. 
From tho bend up to the north, called Katima-mololo, (1 
quenched fire,) tho bed of tho river is rocky, and the 
stream runs fast, forming a succession of rapids and cata- 
racts, which prevent continuous navigation when the 
water is low. Tho rapids aro not msiblc when the rivor 
is full, but tho cataracts of Narabwc, Bombwe, and Kale 
must always bo dangerous. The fall at each of these is 
between four and six feet. But the falls of Gonyc present 
a much more serious obstacle. There we were obliged to 
take tho canoos out of tho water, and carry them moro 
than a mile by land. The fall is about thirty feet. The 
main body of water, which comes over tho led go of rock 
when tho river is low, is collected into a space seventy or 
eighty yards wide before it takes tho leap, and, a mass of 
rock being thrust forward against tho roaring torront, a 
loud sound is produced. 
As wo passed up tho river, tho different villages of Ban- 
yeti turned out to prosent Sokeletu with food and skins, as 
their tribute. One largo village is placed at Gonyo, the 
inhabitants of which aro required to' assist tho Makololo 
to carry their canoes past tho falls. Tho tsetse here 
lighted on us oven in tho middle of the stream. This 
wo crossed repeatedly, in order to make short cuts at 
bonds of tho river. Tho course is, however, remarkably 
straight among the rockB; and here the river is shallow 
on account of the groat bieadth of surface which it oovora 
