easanter to be deceived than undeceived." I offered sulphur
for the same purpose, but that was declined, even though a person
came to the town afterward and rubbed his hands with a little before a
successful trial of shooting at a mark.

I explained to my men the nature of a gun, and tried to teach them, but
they would soon have expended all the ammunition in my possession. I
was thus obliged to do all the shooting myself ever afterward. Their
inability was rather a misfortune; for, in consequence of working too
soon after having been bitten by the lion, the bone of my left arm
had not united well. Continual hard manual labor, and some falls from
ox-back, lengthened the ligament by which the ends of the bones were
united, and a false joint was the consequence. The limb has never been
painful, as those of my companions on the day of the rencounter with the
lion have been, but, there being a joint too many, I could not steady
the rifle, and was always obliged to shoot with the piece resting on
the left shoulder. I wanted steadiness of aim, and it generally happened
that the more hungry the party became, the more frequently I missed the
animals.

We spent a Sunday on our way up to the confluence of the Leeba and
Leeambye. Rains had fallen here before we came, and the woods had put on
their gayest hue. Flowers of great beauty and curious forms grow every
where; they are unlike those in the south, and so are the trees. Many
of the forest-tree leaves are palmated and largely developed; the trunks
are covered with lichens, and the abundance of ferns which appear in the
woods shows we are now in a more humid climate than any to the south of
the Barotse valley. The ground begins to swarm with insect life; and in
the cool, pleasant mornings the welkin rings with the singing of birds,
which is not so delightful as the notes of birds at home, because I
have not been familiar with them from infancy. The notes here, however,
strike the mind by their loudness and variety, as the wellings forth
from joyous hearts of praise to Him who fills them with overflowing
gladness. All of us rise early to enjoy the luscious balmy air of the
morning. We then have worship; but, amid all the beauty and loveliness
with which we are surrounded, there is still a feeling of want in the
soul in viewing one's poor companions, and hearing bitter, impure words
jarring on the ear in the perfection of the scenes of Nature, and a
longing that both their heart