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receives the Tchangani), and then into the Zambesi, 
and on the right, those of the streams running from 
the north-west to the south-east, and belonging to the 
system of the Limpopo or Crocodile River, which flows 
to the Indian Ocean through the comparatively un¬ 
known coast districts of Inhambane in S. lat. 25. 
We had hardly set up our camp before I went down 
to the right bank of the stream, still partially filled 
with water, and turning to the left I cut across the 
bed, which at this point is six hundred feet broad. 
The numerous and recent footprints convinced me that 
there were plenty of large animals, such as buffaloes, 
rhinoceroses, and giraffes, in the neighbourhood, so the 
next morning I had both the waggons taken some 
miles further down the stream, and decided to give up 
a day to hunting, in the hope of bringing down a 
buffalo. 
Before I left the Tati I had engaged a young 
Makalaka, about nineteen years old, of a modest and 
winning appearance, in fact, the best looking native I 
ever saw in South Africa. His figure was of wonderful 
symmetry, and he was so fleet and indefatigable a 
runner that none of the Kaffirs could come anywhere 
near him, and he could keep even an unwounded 
buffalo in sight as long as he chose. He was equally 
expert in throwing the spear, wrestling, and all manly 
exercises. 
This black Apollo, in whom I was much interested, 
was named Monyama, and was a son—although I did 
not know it at the time—of the crafty old guardian of 
the Matabele frontier of the same name already referred 
to. Young Monyama’s only reason for taking services 
with us was to spy upon us undisturbed; and he found 
means, unknown to me, of keeping his father supplied 
with almost daily reports of our very slightest move¬ 
ments. This mode of ascertaining the actions, wishes, 
amusements, &c., of visitors to their country is very 
characteristic of the Matabeles, who do not consider 
espionage at all derogatory to their dignity, but rather 
a necessary attribute of a superior man. In the present 
