I wanted steadiness of aim, and it generally happened that the more hungry the party became, the more frequently I missed the animals.
We spent a Sunday on our way up to the confluence of the Leeba and Leeambye.

Rains had fallen here before we came, and the woods had put on their gayest hue.

Flowers of great beauty and curious forms grow every where; they are unlike those in the south, and so are the trees.

Many of the forest-tree leaves are palmated and largely developed; the trunks are covered with lichens, and the abundance of ferns which appear in the woods shows we are now in a more humid climate than any to the south of the Barotse valley.

The ground begins to swarm with insect life; and in the cool, pleasant mornings the welkin rings with the singing of birds, which is not so delightful as the notes of birds at home, because I have not been familiar with them from infancy.