Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XX Start Northwards--Elephants and Buffalo shot--Antelope found dead-- Long Palaver with Mamele--Relics of a Mission Party--Shoot Lioness--Reach Site of Linyanti--Prayers for Good Luck--Find Skeleton of Kafir devoured by Lion--Buffaloes and Hippopotamus shot--Visit to the Grave of a Great Warrior--Vain attempt to propitiate his Ghost--Seven elephants killed, one wounded-- French follows the wounded one with two Kafirs-- His long Absence--Unsuccessful Attempt to follow him--Return of one of the Kafirs--His sad Story--French dead of Thirst--Impossibility of finding the Body--Attacks of Fever---Journey on foot to the Chobe--Four Lions drink by our Camp--Their terrific Roaring --Return to the Transvaal--Ague and Fever--Recovery--Last Start for the Far Interior. On June 18 we left the waggons, and crossing the Mababe river at the Masubia towns, about nine miles below our waggons, made a start northwards, accompanied by over fifty Makuba and Masubia Kafirs, whom we had hired between us. At first we followed the course of the Machabe river, but finding that our party was so large as to make it difficult to keep all our Kafirs in meat, we separated, French and Miller crossing the sand-belts to the Sunta river, whilst Collison, Sell, and I held on up the Machabe. Two or three days later, however, as we found that there were many Kafir hunters from Lake Ngami in front of us, and as we saw no elephant spoor, Collison and I left Sell and struck over to the Chobe, where a few days later we rejoined Miller and French, We then held along the river north-west as far as Mai-ini's town, but finding no elephant spoor, and the Kafirs refusing to take us through the river, we turned back, and shortly afterwards again met Sell. Collison, French, and...
