y are quite white, and very good, even when eaten
raw; they occupy an extensive region of the interior; some, not edible,
are of a brilliant red, and others are of the same light blue as the
paper used by apothecaries to put up their medicines.

There was a considerable pleasure, in spite of rain and fever, in this
new scenery. The deep gloom contrasted strongly with the shadeless glare
of the Kalahari, which had left an indelible impression on my memory.
Though drenched day by day at this time, and for months afterward, it
was long before I could believe that we were getting too much of a good
thing. Nor could I look at water being thrown away without a slight,
quick impression flitting across the mind that we were guilty of wasting
it. Every now and then we emerged from the deep gloom into a pretty
little valley, having a damp portion in the middle; which, though now
filled with water, at other times contains moisture enough for wells
only. These wells have shades put over them in the form of little huts.

We crossed, in canoes, a little never-failing stream, which passes
by the name of Lefuje, or "the rapid". It comes from a goodly high
mountain, called Monakadzi (the woman), which gladdened our eyes as
it rose to our sight about twenty or thirty miles to the east of our
course. It is of an oblong shape, and seemed at least eight hundred feet
above the plains. The Lefuje probably derives its name from the rapid
descent of the short course it has to flow from Monakadzi to the Leeba.

The number of little villages seemed about equal to the number of
valleys. At some we stopped and rested, the people becoming more liberal
as we advanced. Others we found deserted, a sudden panic having seized
the inhabitants, though the drum of Manenko was kept beaten pretty
constantly, in order to give notice of the approach of great people.
When we had decided to remain for the night at any village, the
inhabitants lent us the roofs of their huts, which in form resemble
those of the Makololo, or a Chinaman's hat, and can be taken off the
walls at pleasure. They lifted them off, and brought them to the spot we
had selected as our lodging, and, when my men had propped them up with
stakes, they were then safely housed for the night. Every one who comes
to salute either Manenko or ourselves rubs the upper parts of the arms
and chest with ashes; those who wish to show profounder reverence put
some also on the face.

We found that every v