30 Notes on South African Hunting, 
Why one goes to see the Falls. 
the madness to see the Falls ; and what was 
worse I got a chance of working off the lunacy 
by going to see them, which few people do. 
My only excuse now is that the scenery in 
Bechuanaland which had been burnt into my 
eyes for about eighteen months being worthy 
of nothing but the most comprehensive con¬ 
demnation, the longing to see something green 
and wet became too strong for me ; so I got 
leave to ride up there, accompanied by Trooper 
Ayton of the Bechuanaland Border Police, 
from the point where the Colonel and the rest 
of the party turned back. 
On the last day of May we all started off from 
Shoshong, and for some days travelled on 
through an uninteresting country. We had 
with us a native to act as a guide ; his main 
failings being that he had an unpronounceable 
name, and had forgotten the road. However, 
we christened him Bodger,” and he found a 
friend who put him on the right road. We did 
not do much shooting till we got to the Shua 
saltpans. These pans are depressions in the 
ground which extend like a sea for hundreds of 
miles to the westward, and are covered with a 
