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goal, and four obstinate fellows who would not follow 
the directions of the guide were left behind ; they had 
wanted to make their way straight to the Falls, but 
were soon stopped by the terrible precipices in their 
way. They now saw the madness of their design, and 
a few shots from me guided them to our passage ; but 
a tiresome delay was caused. We now passed through 
a district which might be called the “Park of the 
Falls,” with grounds looking so much as if they had 
CHASING THE WATER-ANTELOPE. 
been regularly laid out that it is difficult to believe 
them to be natural, and one expected every moment to 
catch sight of a tasty villa. The grass was as soft, 
green, and luxuriant as it is with us in June, and the 
influence of warmth and damp, those two mighty 
motive powers in the vegetable kingdom, was very 
distinctly noticeable. 
At eight minutes past tw r elve on Monday, the 20th of 
June, 1870, I at last arrived at the Victoria Falls. 
Our camp was pitched eight hundred paces to the 
