Chapter 13

Twenty-seven Men appointed to accompany me to the West-- Eagerness of the Makololo for direct Trade with the Coast-- Effects of Fever--A Makololo Question--The lost Journal-- Reflections--The Outfit for the Journey--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.