We,
Who Have The Art Of Writing, Cannot Realize The Danger One Incurs Of
Being Accused Of Purloining A Portion Of Goods Sent From One Person
To Another, When The Carrier Cannot Prove That He Delivered All
Committed To His Charge.
Rumours of a foray having been made, either
by Makololo or Batoka, as far as the fork of the Kafue, were received
here by our men with great indignation, as it looked as if the
marauders were shutting up the country, which they had been trying so
much to open.
Below the junction of the rivers, on a shallow
sandbank, lay a large herd of hippopotami, their bodies out of the
water, like masses of black rock. Kambadzo's island, called
Nyangalule, a name which occurs again at the mouth of the Zambesi,
has many choice Motsikiri (Trachelia) trees on it; and four very
conspicuous stately palms growing out of a single stem. The Kafue
reminds us a little of the Shire, flowing between steep banks, with
fertile land on both sides. It is a smaller river, and has less
current. Here it seems to come from the west. The headman of the
village, near which we encamped, brought a present of meal, fowls,
and sweet potatoes. They have both the red and white varieties of
this potato. We have, on several occasions during this journey, felt
the want of vegetables, in a disagreeable craving which our diet of
meat and native meal could not satisfy. It became worse and worse
till we got a meal of potatoes, which allayed it at once.
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