s with their large ears, as if they
did not see us at 200 or 300 yards distance. The number of animals was
quite astonishing, and made me think that here I could realize an image
of that time when Megatheria fed undisturbed in the primeval forests. We
saw great numbers of red-colored pigs ('Potamochoerus') standing gazing
at us in wonder. The people live on the hills, and, having no guns,
seldom disturb the game. They have never been visited, even by
half-castes; but Babisa traders have come occasionally. Continuous rains
kept us for some time on the banks of the Chiponga, and here we were
unfortunate enough to come among the tsetse. Mr. J. N. Gray, of the
British Museum, has kindly obliged me with a drawing of the insect,
with the ravages of which I have unfortunately been too familiar. (For
description, see p. 94-96 [Chapter 4 Paragraphs 16-20].) No. 1 is the
insect somewhat smaller than life, from the specimen having contracted
in drying; they are a little larger than the common house-fly. No. 2
is the insect magnified; and No. 3 shows the magnified proboscis and
poison-bulb at the root.*

* Unfortunately, these illustrations can not be presented in
this ASCII text. Fortunately, information on the Tsetse is no
longer difficult to find. The "somewhat smaller than life"
drawing is about 1 cm from head to tail, not including wings
or proboscis.--A. L., 1997.

We tried to leave one morning, but the rain coming on afresh brought us
to a stand, and after waiting an hour, wet to the skin, we were fain to
retrace our steps to our sheds. These rains were from the east, and the
clouds might be seen on the hills exactly as the "Table-cloth" on Table
Mountain. This was the first wetting we had got since we left Sesheke,
for I had gained some experience in traveling. In Londa we braved the
rain, and, as I despised being carried in our frequent passage through
running water, I was pretty constantly drenched; but now, when we saw a
storm coming, we invariably halted. The men soon pulled grass sufficient
to make a little shelter for themselves by placing it on a bush, and,
having got my camp-stool and umbrella, with a little grass under my
feet, I kept myself perfectly dry. We also lighted large fires, and the
men were not chilled by streams of water running down their persons, and
abstracting the heat, as they would have been had they been exposed to
the rain. When it was over they warmed themselves by the fires, an