together, in spite of the bribes we had to offer them, they thought it
wiser to return to their own people. Senhor Silva promised them that as
soon as we could find a spot on which to settle, if they did not wish to
remain with us, they should be paid and allowed to depart.

Chickango and Timbo had by this time become great friends. They were
able to converse freely together; and Timbo told me that he was doing
his utmost to instruct his countryman.

"Timbo tell de Chicken all about England and Cape Town, and de oder
countries of de world, and de big ships, and de rich white men; and,
more dan dat, I tell him dat he got soul, and dat white man and black
man hab de same God; and if he stay wid us, we treat him like one
broder. You see, I no t'ink he go away now."

Not without the greatest difficulty, however, could Chickango persuade
his countrymen to proceed further with us. The hills over which we were
travelling were covered thickly with wood, so that often we could see
but a short distance either on one side or the other. Now and then we
came to openings, whence we looked down on the wide-spreading country on
either side, partly hilly or undulating, and then stretching away in an
even plain, intersected by rivers, till lost to sight. Stanley and
Senhor Silva, with their guns, were ranging the country on either side.

"Listen!" cried David, who was walking by my side. "What noise is
that?"

I listened.

"It sounds like the roar of breakers on a rocky shore," I observed.

"No," he said; "it must be a waterfall."

Hurrying on, we saw before us a wide lake-like expanse on one side, and
on the other a cloud of spray floating in the air. As we drew nearer, a
broad stream appeared, rushing over a ledge of rocks and falling into a
deep chasm below, after which it ran towards the south and east.

"This would be a grand place to settle on," said David. "Where there is
water in this region we are sure to find abundance of game; and it will
assist us in defending ourselves against any attacks of the natives,
should they prove hostile."

I agreed with David, and we anxiously looked out for the appearance of
Stanley and Senhor Silva, to learn whether they were of the same
opinion. When Kate and Bella overtook us, they were delighted with the
scene, and agreed that it was just the place where they should like to
settle.

In a short time Stanley arrived. He was as well pleased as we were with
the appearance o