In Reference To This Ridge He Makes
The Interesting Remark, "I Observed A Number Of The Angora Goat, Most Of Them
Being White; And Their Long Soft Hair, Covering Their Entire Bodies
To The Ground, Made Them Look Like Animals Moving Along Without Feet."*
-
* Moffat's "Visit to Mosilikatse".
- Royal Geographical Society's Journal,
vol. xxvi., p. 96.
-
It is impossible to say how much farther to the north these subtending ridges
may stretch. There is reason to believe that, though the same
general form of country obtains, they are not flanked by abrupt hills
between the latitude 12 Deg. south and the equator. The inquiry is worthy
the attention of travelers. As they are known to be favorable to health,
the Makololo, who have been nearly all cut off by fevers in the valley,
declaring that here they never had a headache, they may even be recommended
as a sanatorium for those whose enterprise leads them into Africa,
either for the advancement of scientific knowledge, or for the purposes
of trade or benevolence. In the case of the eastern ridge,
we have water carriage, with only one short rapid as an obstruction,
right up to its base; and if a quick passage can be effected during
the healthy part of the year, there would be no danger of loss of health
during a long stay on these high lands afterward. How much farther
do these high ridges extend? The eastern one seems to bend in considerably
toward the great falls; and the strike of the rocks indicating that,
farther to the N.N.E. than my investigations extend, it may not,
at a few degrees of latitude beyond, be more than 300 or 350 miles
from the coast.
Enter page number
PreviousNext
Page 811 of 1070
Words from 232807 to 233093
of 306638
