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PROGRESS UP THE LEEAMBFE. 
south, who put all their cocks to death because they 
crowod the words, “ Tlang lo rapelong,” — “ Como along to 
prayors.” 
On recovering partially from a severe attack of fever 
which remained upon me ever since our passing the village 
of Moremi on the Chobo, we made ready for our departure 
up the river by Bonding messages before us to the villagos 
to prepare food. We took four elephants’ tusks, belonging 
to Sokeletu, with us, as a moans of testing the difference of 
prices betwoen the Portuguese, whom wo expected to reach, 
and the white traders from tho south. Moriantsano sup- 
plied us well with honey, milk, and meal. The rains wore 
just commencing in this district; but, though showers 
sufficient to lay the dust had fallen, they had no influence 
whatever on the amount of water in the river, yet never 
was there less in any part than three hundred yards of a 
doep flowing stream. 
Our progress up the river was rather slow : this was 
caused by waiting opposite different villages for supplies 
of food. Wo might have done with much less than wo got; 
but my Makololoman, Pitsano, knew of tho gonorous orders 
'f Sokelotn, and was not at all disposed to allow thorn to 
remain a dead letter. Tho villages of tho Banyoti con- 
tributed largo quantities of mosibe, a bright-red boan 
yielded by a largo tree. Tho pulp enclosing the seed is not 
much thicker than a red wafer, and is tho portion used. It 
requires tho addition of honey to render it at all palatable 
To these wore added great numbers of tho fruit which 
yields a variety of the mix vomica, from which wo derive 
that virulent poison Rtrychnia. Tho pulp bctwcon tho nuts 
is tho part oaten, and it is of a pleasant juicy naturo, having 
a sweet acidulous taste. Tho fruit itself resombles a large 
yollcw orange, but tho rind is hard, and, with tho pips and 
bark, contains much of tho deadly poison. They evince 
their noxious qualities by an intensely bitter taste. The 
nuts, swallowed inadvertently, causo considerable pain, 
but not death ; and, to avoid this inconvenience, the people 
