CHAPTER III.

FROM SHOSHONG TO THE GREAT SALT LAKES.

Khame and Sekhomo--Signs of erosion in the bed of the Luala--The Maque plains--Frost--Wild ostriches--Eland-antelopes--The first palms--Assegai traps--The district of the Great Salt Lakes--The Tsitane and Karri-Karri salt-pans--The Shaneng--The Soa salt-pan--Troublesome visitors--Salt in the Nataspruit--Chase of a Zulu hartebeest--Animal life on the Nataspruit--Waiting for a lion 42