CHAPTER VI.

IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CHOBE AND THE ZAMBESI.

Vegetation in the valley of the Chobe--Notification of my arrival--Scenery by the rapids--A party of Masupias--My mulekow--Matabele raids upon Sekeletu’s territory--Gourd-shells--Masupia graves--Animal life on the Chobe--Masupia huts--Englishmen in Impalera--Makumba--My first boat-journey on the Zambesi--Animal life in the reed-thickets--Blockley’s kraal--Hippopotamuses--Old Sesheke 110