the Zambesi delta, all the land here, as far as the eye 
can reach, becomes an immense sea. 
Salumbidwa’s influence instils awe into the poor black 
who voyages in his rude dug-out, and sees the towering 
pyramid rising in solitary grandeur from the vast sheet 
of water stretching from horizon to horizon. Sometimes 
the voyager may encounter a floating island, for whole 
banks, often acres in extent, break away from the reed- 
covered swamps, to drift under the careless whims of 
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to be becoming more extensive, until they stretched as 
far as the blue horizon. By that time we had reached 
the foot of the Morambala mountain, which from north 
to south rises like a pyramid. The natives dare not 
call the mountain by its name, but speak of it as 
Salumbidwa, which literally signifies “ I cannot call you 
by your name.” At times, when great floods prevail in 
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