438 AFRICAN HUNTING. 
would walk from Leyland or Hoghton to Brinseall 
and back, for the chance only of a shot or two at a 
snipe, or from Ledard to the port of Monteith and 
back, ten long Scotch miles each way, for a day at 
rabbits and woodcocks, as I used to do every Saturday 
all through the winter. 
4 th .—Waddington lent me Dr. Livingstone’s work 
at Letloche, and I have just now for the first time 
read his description of the Falls of the Zambesi, and 
compared notes with my own ; they differ materially, 
but on carefully reperusing mine I cannot alter a 
word. He has much underrated their magnitude. I 
saw them every successive day for a week from every 
accessible point, from opposite, from both sides, and 
above. Distance is most deceiving in this country, 
and still more so on the water; when I stepped it off 
opposite I was myself surprised to find it so far, and 
am confident I have not overrated the river at 2,000 
yards wide. I may perhaps have rather overrated the 
depth, but the Umgani Falls in Natal are 100 yards 
deep, and the Zambesi, as far as the eye can judge, 
look as deep; as to the width, I can throw a stone 
ninety yards, and though I had some good ones to 
choose from, and threw with force and confidence 
from within twenty feet of the edge, having a very 
good head and never getting dizzy, yet I never suc¬ 
ceeded in many attempts in throwing one across. 
It is probably, therefore, as many yards as the 
Doctor says feet; otherwise his description is very 
good, and exceedingly well expressed. He has 
