MEET WITH DR. LIVINGSTONE. 
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turned the edge of an American axe, and smoke 
flew from the blows as if you were striking stones. 
Towards midnight, with the aid of rheims and a 
large body of Kaffirs, I extricated them both, 
very badly bruised, and with horrid, unsightly scars 
and eyesores on them, but, fortunately, not seriously 
injured for actual work. Poor Snowdon suffered 
the most, as he had to sit up like a dog begging 
for many hours; the hole narrowed at the bottom 
and was some six inches deep in water, and with 
the clay he was regularly stuck there as if with 
plaster and mortar; the only wonder is that we did 
not pull both head and legs off him. I had buffalo 
rheims round all his fetlocks, fore and hind, also 
round his neck, and some eight Kaffirs attached to 
the ends of each, and so we hauled him bodily out, 
after we had cut a sort of inclined plane down 
towards him. We heard several skirmishes with 
rhinoceros and buffaloes at night, in the thick bush, 
both going and returning, but ensconced ourselves 
behind the trees till the fray was over. 
I have crossed three rivers between this and 
the Zambesi — the Manyati, Setabangumpe, and 
Massouey. 
I consider myself very fortunate in meeting Dr. 
Livingstone and his party. I spent the evening with 
him, and gained great information about his recent 
discoveries. He has gone on to Sesheke. 
12th .—I returned to the wagon to-day, and found 
all right. 
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