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Chap. XXYIII. 
CHAPTEE XXVIII. 
Beautiful valley — Buffalo — My young men kill two elephants — The hunt — 
Mode of measuring height of live elephants —-Wild animals smaller here 
than in the south, though their food is more abundant — The elephant 
a dainty feeder — Semalemhue — His presents — Joy in prospect of living 
in peace — Trade — His people’s way of wearing their hair — Their mode 
of salutation — Old encampment — Sebituane’s former residence — Ford of 
Kafue — Hippopotami — Hills and villages — Geological formation — Pro¬ 
digious quantities of large game—Their tameness — Pains — Less sick¬ 
ness than in the journey to Loanda — Reason — Charge from an elephant 
— Vast amount of animal life on the Zambesi — Water of river discoloured 
— An island with buffaloes and men on it— Native devices for killing game 
— Tsetse now in country — Agricultural industry — An Albino murdered 
by his mother—“Guilty of tlolo” — Women who make their mouths 
“ like those of ducks” — First symptom of the slave-trade on this side — 
Selole’s hostility — An armed party hoaxed — An Italian marauder slain — 
Elephant’s tenacity of life — A word to young sportsmen — Mr. Oswell’s 
adventure with an elephant; narrow escape — Mburuma’s village — Sus¬ 
picious conduct of his people — Guides attempt to detain us The village 
and people of Ma Mburuma — Character our guides give of us. 
13^A.~The country is becoming very beautiful, and furrowed 
by deep valleys; the underlying rocks, being igneous, have yielded 
fertile soil. There is gveat abundance of large game. The 
buffaloes select open spots^ and often eminences, as standing- 
places tlirough the day. We crossed the Mbai, and found in its 
bed, rocks of pink marble. Some little hills near it are capped 
by marble of beautiful whiteness, the underlying rock being 
igneous. Violent showers occur frequently on the liiUs, and cause 
such sudden sweeping floods in these rivulets, that five of our 
men, who had gone to the other side for firewood, were obliged to 
swim back. The temperature of the air is lowered considerably 
by the daily rains. Several times the thermometer at sunrise 
has been as low as 68°, and 74° at sunset. Generally, how¬ 
ever, it stood at from 72° to 74° at sunrise, 90° to 96° at midday, 
and 80° to 84° at sunset. Tlie sensation, however, as before 
remarked, was not disagTeeable. 
14iA.—^We entered a most beautiful valley, abounding in large 
