hich was not easily seen among the grass.
Pedestrianism may be all very well for those whose obesity requires much
exercise, but for one who was becoming as thin as a lath, through the
constant perspiration caused by marching day after day in the hot sun,
the only good I saw in it was that it gave an honest sort of man a vivid
idea of the tread-mill.

Although the rains were not quite over, great numbers of pools were
drying up, and the ground was in many parts covered with small green
cryptogamous plants, which gave it a mouldy appearance and a strong
smell. As we sometimes pushed aside the masses of rank vegetation which
hung over our path, we felt a sort of hot blast on our faces. Every
thing looked unwholesome, but we had no fever. The Ue flows between high
banks of a soft red sandstone streaked with white, and pieces of tufa.
The crumbling sandstone is evidently alluvial, and is cut into 12 feet
deep. In this region, too, we met with pot-holes six feet deep and three
or four in diameter. In some cases they form convenient wells; in others
they are full of earth; and in others still the people have made them
into graves for their chiefs.

On the 20th we came to Monina's village (close to the sand-river Tangwe,
latitude 16d 13' 38" south, longitude 32d 32' east). This man is
very popular among the tribes on account of his liberality. Boroma,
Nyampungo, Monina, Jira, Katolosa (Monomotapa), and Susa, all
acknowledge the supremacy of one called Nyatewe, who is reported to
decide all disputes respecting land. This confederation is exactly
similar to what we observed in Londa and other parts of Africa. Katolosa
is "the Emperor Monomotapa" of history, but he is a chief of no great
power, and acknowledges the supremacy of Nyatewe. The Portuguese
formerly honored Monomotapa with a guard, to fire off numbers of guns on
the occasion of any funeral, and he was also partially subsidized. The
only evidence of greatness possessed by his successor is his having
about a hundred wives. When he dies a disputed succession and much
fighting are expected. In reference to the term Monomotapa, it is to be
remembered that Mono, Moene, Mona, Mana, or Morena, mean simply 'chief',
and considerable confusion has arisen from naming different people by
making a plural of the chief's name. The names Monomoizes, spelled also
Monemuiges and Monomuizes, and Monomotapistas, when applied to these
tribes, are exactly the same as if we should call the S