ourney--11th November, 1853,
leave Linyanti, and embark on the Chobe--Dangerous
Hippopotami--Banks of Chobe--Trees--The Course of the River--
The Island Mparia at the Confluence of the Chobe and the
Leeambye--Anecdote--Ascend the Leeambye--A Makalaka Mother
defies the Authority of the Makololo Head Man at Sesheke--
Punishment of Thieves--Observance of the new Moon--Public
Addresses at Sesheke--Attention of the People--Results--
Proceed up the River--The Fruit which yields 'Nux vomica'--
Other Fruits--The Rapids--Birds--Fish--Hippopotami and their
Young.

Chapter 14. Increasing Beauty of the Country--Mode of spending
the Day--The People and the Falls of Gonye--A Makololo Foray--
A second prevented, and Captives delivered up--Politeness and
Liberality of the People--The Rains--Present of Oxen--The
fugitive Barotse--Sekobinyane's Misgovernment--Bee-eaters and
other Birds--Fresh-water Sponges--Current--Death from a Lion's
Bite at Libonta--Continued Kindness--Arrangements for spending
the Night during the Journey--Cooking and Washing--Abundance
of animal Life--Different Species of Birds--Water-fowl--
Egyptian Geese--Alligators--Narrow Escape of one of my Men--
Superstitious Feelings respecting the Alligator--Large Game--
The most vulnerable Spot--Gun Medicine--A Sunday--Birds of
Song--Depravity; its Treatment--Wild Fruits--Green Pigeons--
Shoals of Fish--Hippopotami.

Chapter 15. Message to Masiko, the Barotse Chief, regarding
the Captives--Navigation of the Leeambye--Capabilities of this
District--The Leeba--Flowers and Bees--Buffalo-hunt--Field for
a Botanist--Young Alligators; their savage Nature--Suspicion
of the Balonda--Sekelenke's Present--A Man and his two Wives--
Hunters--Message from Manenko, a female Chief--Mambari
Traders--A Dream--Sheakondo and his People--Teeth-filing--
Desire for Butter--Interview with Nyamoana, another female
Chief--Court Etiquette--Hair versus Wool--Increase of
Superstition--Arrival of Manenko; her Appearance and Husband--
Mode of Salutation--Anklets--Embassy, with a Present from
Masiko--Roast Beef--Manioc--Magic Lantern--Manenko an
accomplished Scold: compels us to wait--Unsuccessful Zebra-
hunt.

Chapter 16. Nyamoana's Present--Charms--Manenko's pedestrian
Powers--An Idol--Balonda Arms--Rain--Hunger--Palisades--Dense
Forests--Artificial Beehives--Mushrooms--Vil