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referred to kcop their noses among water-plants, and 
breatho so quietly that one would not dream of their exists 
anoe in the river oxcept by footprints on tho banks. 
CHAPTER XIV. 
VOYAGE ON THE LEEAMBYE, CONTINUED. 
30 th of November, 1853. — At Gonyo Falls. No ram has 
fallen hero; so it is oxcessivelv hot. Tho troes have put on 
heir gayest dross, and many flowers adorn the landscape 
yet tho heat makes all tho loaves droop at mid-day and 
look languid for want of rain. If tho country increases 
as much in beauty in front as it has done within tho last 
four degrees of latitudo, it will be indeed a lovely land. 
Wo all felt great lassitude in travelling. The atmo- 
sphere is oppressive both in cloud and sunshine. Tho evapo- 
ration from tho river must be excessively great; and I feel 
as if tho fluids of tho system joined in the general motion 
of watery vapor upward, as enormous quantities of water 
must bo drunk to supply its place. 
When under way our usual procedure is this : — Wo get 
up a little before five in the morning; it is then beginning 
to dawn. While I am dressing, coffee is mado; and, having 
filled my pannikin, the remainder is handed to my com- 
panions, who eagerly partake of tho refreshing beverage 
The servants are busy loading tho canoes, while tho prin 
cipal mon are sipping tho coffee, and, that being soon over 
we embark. Tho next two hours aro tho most pleasant 
part of tho day’s sail. The men paddle away most vigor- 
ously : tho Barotso, being a tribe of boatmen, have largo 
deoply-dovelopod chests and shoulders, with indifferent 
lower extremities. They often engage in loud scolding of 
each othor, in order to relievo tho tedium of their work. 
Ab.iut elovon we land, and eat any meat which may bavo 
