Chapter 25. Colony of Birds called Linkololo--The Village of Chitlane--Murder of Mpololo's Daughter--Execution of the Murderer and his Wife--My Companions find that their Wives have married other Husbands--Sunday--A Party from Masiko-- Freedom of Speech--Canoe struck by a Hippopotamus--Gonye-- Appearance of Trees at the end of Winter--Murky Atmosphere-- Surprising Amount of organic Life--Hornets--The Packages forwarded by Mr. Moffat--Makololo Suspicions and Reply to the Matebele who brought them--Convey the Goods to an Island and build a Hut over them--Ascertain that Sir R. Murchison had recognized the true Form of African Continent--Arrival at Linyanti--A grand Picho--Shrewd Inquiry--Sekeletu in his Uniform--A Trading-party sent to Loanda with Ivory--Mr. Gabriel's Kindness to them--Difficulties in Trading--Two Makololo Forays during our Absence--Report of the Country to the N.E.--Death of influential Men--The Makololo desire to be nearer the Market--Opinions upon a Change of Residence-- Climate of Barotse Valley--Diseases--Author's Fevers not a fair Criterion in the Matter--The Interior an inviting Field for the Philanthropist--Consultations about a Path to the East Coast--Decide on descending North Bank of Zambesi--Wait for the Rainy Season--Native way of spending Time during the period of greatest Heat--Favorable Opening for Missionary Enterprise--Ben Habib wishes to marry--A Maiden's Choice-- Sekeletu's Hospitality--Sulphureted Hydrogen and Malaria-- Conversations with Makololo--Their moral Character and Conduct--Sekeletu wishes to purchase a Sugar-mill, etc.--The Donkeys--Influence among the Natives--"Food fit for a Chief"-- Parting Words of Mamire--Motibe's Excuses.
Chapter 26. Departure from Linyanti--A Thunder-storm--An Act of genuine Kindness--Fitted out a second time by the Makololo-- Sail down the Leeambye--Sekote's Kotla and human Skulls; his Grave adorned with Elephants' Tusks--Victoria Falls--Native Names--Columns of Vapor--Gigantic Crack--Wear of the Rocks-- Shrines of the Barimo--"The Pestle of the Gods"--Second Visit to the Falls--Island Garden--Store-house Island--Native Diviners--A European Diviner--Makololo Foray--Marauder to be fined--Mambari--Makololo wish to stop Mambari Slave-trading-- Part with Sekeletu--Night Traveling--River Lekone--Ancient fresh-water Lakes--Formation of Lake Ngami--Native Traditions-- Drainage of the Great Valley--Native Reports of the Country to the North--Maps--Moyara's Village--Savage Customs of the Batoka--A Chain of Trading Stations--Remedy against Tsetse-- "The Well of Joy"--First Traces of Trade with Europeans-- Knocking out the front Teeth--Facetious Explanation-- Degradation of the Batoka--Description of the Traveling Party-- Cross the Unguesi--Geological Formation--Ruins of a large Town--Productions of the Soil similar to those in Angola-- Abundance of Fruit.
Chapter 27. Low Hills--Black Soldier-Ants; their Cannibalism-- The Plasterer and its Chloroform--White Ants; their Usefulness--Mutokwane-smoking; its Effects--Border Territory-- Healthy Table-lands--Geological Formation--Cicadae--Trees-- Flowers--River Kalomo--Physical Conformation of Country-- Ridges, sanatoria--A wounded Buffalo assisted--Buffalo-bird-- Rhinoceros-bird--Leaders of Herds--The Honey-guide--The White Mountain--Mozuma River--Sebituane's old Home--Hostile Village-- Prophetic Phrensy--Food of the Elephant--Ant-hills--Friendly Batoka--Clothing despised--Method of Salutation--Wild Fruits-- The Captive released--Longings for Peace--Pingola's Conquests-- The Village of Monze--Aspect of the Country--Visit from the Chief Monze and his Wife--Central healthy Locations--Friendly Feelings of the People in reference to a white Resident-- Fertility of the Soil--Bashukulompo Mode of dressing their Hair--Gratitude of the Prisoner we released--Kindness and Remarks of Monze's Sister--Dip of the Rocks--Vegetation-- Generosity of the Inhabitants--Their Anxiety for Medicine-- Hooping-cough--Birds and Rain.