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ISLAND GAKDEN. 
Chap. XXVI. 
“ The Leeamhye ! Nobody knows, 
Whence it comes and whither it goes.” 
The play of colours of the double iris on the cloudy seen by them 
elsewhere only as the rainbow, may have led them to the idea 
that this was the abode of Deity. Some of the Makololo who 
went with me near to Gonye, looked upon the same sign with 
awe. When seen in the heavens it is named motse oa barimo ” 
—the pestle of the gods. Here they could approach the emblem, 
and see it stand steadily above the blustering uproar below—a type 
of Him who sits supreme—alone unchangeable, though ruling over 
all changing tilings. But not aware of His true character, they 
had no admiration of the beautiful and good in their bosoms. 
They did not imitate His benevolence, for they were a bloody 
imperious crew, and Sebituane performed a noble service, in the 
expulsion from their fastnesses of these cruel “ Lords of the Isles.” 
Having feasted my eyes long on the beautiful sight, I returned 
to my friends at Kalai, and, saying to Sekeletu that he had nothing 
else worth showing in his country, liis curiosity was excited to 
visit it the next day. I returned with the intention of taking a 
lunar observation from the island itself, but the clouds were 
unfavourable, consequently all my determinations of position refer 
to Kalai. (Lat. 17° 51' 54" S., long. 25° 41' E.) Sekeletu 
acknowledged to feeling a little nervous at the probability of 
being sucked into the gulf before reaching the island. His 
companions amused themselves by throwing stones down, and 
wondered to see them diminishing in size, and even disappearing, 
before they reached the water at the bottom. 
I had another object in view in my retmm to the island. I 
observed that it was covered with trees, the seeds of which had 
probably come down with the stream from the distant north, and 
several of which I had seen nowhere else, and every now and then 
the wind wafted a little of the condensed vapour over it, and kept 
the soil in a state of moistoe, wliich caused a sward of gTass, 
growing as green as on an English lawn. I selected a spot—not 
too near the chasm, for there the constant deposition of the 
moistme nourished numbers of polypi of a mushroom shape and 
fleshy consistence—^but somewhat back, and made a little garden. 
I there planted about a hundred peach and apricot stones, and a 
quantity of coffee-seeds. I had attempted fruit-trees before, but. 
