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THE HONEY BIRO. 
never stray far from it. The honey bird is one of the 
singular birds of Africa; as soon as he sees a man, he flics 
towards him, and having attracted his attention, leads him 
to a nest of wild honey. As the party penetrated into the 
interior, where no firearms had been used, the game in- 
creased greatly. An instance of what was actually seen, 
will show this. On the 3d of July, in the morning, a herd 
of elephants passed within fifty yards of the party ; next a 
large flock of Guinea fowls were 6een; then three varieties 
of francolins ran across the path ; then hundreds of turtle 
doves rose to the trees, as the party passed. Guinea fowls, 
francolins, turtle doves, ducks and geese, are the game 
birds of this region. At sunrise they passed a herd of 
pallahs; next one of waterbucks; then another of doe 
koodoos. About breakfast time a herd of buffaloes were 
met; after breakfast two elephants, with a herd of zebras, 
and another of waterbucks, while in the distance many 
antelopes grazing; beyond these three cow buffaloes with 
their young, and on the edge of the forest a troop of 
monkeys. In the early afternoon, more buffaloes and 
other animals are seen. 
On the 6th of J uly, they camped on the left bank of the 
Chongwe, where it comes through a gap in the hills, and 
is twenty feet wide. The next day they passed through a 
.thorny jungle. Here the party frequently met families 
moving from one place to another, marching in single file, 
the women carrying the heaviest loads of household furni- 
ture, etc. These natives met the party without fear, or 
any of the cringing so common down the river, where 
slavery was established. Reaching the Kafue, they crossed 
it on the 11th, and were then in the country of the Bawe. 
Here barbed fish-hooks, of native make, were seen. The 
people here are of Batoka origin, and call themselves 
Batonga (Independents) or Balengi, and their language 
differs only slightly from that of the Bakoa, who live 
between the rivers Kafue and Loangwa. The chief of thi* 
dietrict is called Nehomokela, a hereditary title. Immense 
