CONTENTS 
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CHAPTER, XIII 
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Paul recognises me as a youthful companion in Natal—Paul, the big gun, 
and the rhinoceros—Chief Jeluka appears in state—Native attempt to 
rob us of our goods on the Loengwe—Suspicious outlook—Decide to 
try for the Okovanga—The Whippoorwill—I go to Matambanja alone 
—My guide to Matambanja—Game wild—Shoot wild dog believing 
it to be a lion—Nearly shoot a woman by accident—Matambanja’s 
son visits me . . . . . . . 150 
CHAPTER XIV 
Matambanja arrives with beer—Return to Liana river—Donkeys suffer and 
die from tsetse fly-bite—Mistake large lion for wildebeest—Lion hunt 
—Hammar makes a successful long shot—Matambanja arrives at our 
camp, and behaves badly—Our difficulties—How to travel these 
regions—Sakoonima arrives—He advises us to fly—Chief Kikonto 
tries to murder Franz—We fire to protect him—We burn our super¬ 
fluous goods, and make for the sand-belts heavily laden—We find a 
Mosaro woman who directs us to water—The Mosaros are afraid of us 
—About the Mosaros . . . . . . .162 
CHAPTER XV 
More about the Mosaros—Bushman paintings—Sleep in the forest without 
fires—Keep the natives off by shooting—Excitement of our party at a 
wild stampede of phenomenal quantities of game in an open valley— 
Camp in Mabula forest—Half expect native attack—Startled by 
strange appearance of round light in the forest—The mabula tree and 
fruit—Welcome sound of the grey khoran’s cry—Game—Paul digs for 
water ......... 181 
CHAPTER XVI 
Sakoonima gets nasty—Watershed between Chobe and Okovanga—Arrive 
at small village of Okovanga people—Game very scarce—Hunt after 
wildebeest—Men from Kikonto’s overtake us with message—Boy 
nearly kills himself with ‘dacha’ smoke—The effects of ‘dacha’ 
smoke—Makoyo Debabe’s nephew—Quagga hunt—Buffalo game— 
Native smithy . ....... 196 
CHAPTER XVII 
Thirst—Natives go down ant-bear hole for moist mud—Expedition eating 
their sandals from hunger—Franz scares away troop of wildebeest, 
fruitless chase after them, also after giraffe—Kill hartebeest—Lion 
injures boy in the night—Okovanga at last—Island in river—Meet 
Portuguese trader, Gonsalvus by name—King Debabe or Indala turns 
rusty—I interview King on island—He tries to poison me with beer— 
Franz demoralised . . . . . . .211 
