The Shire teems with fish of many different kinds.

The only time, as already remarked, when its crocodiles are particularly to be dreaded, is when the river is in flood.

Then the fish are driven from their usual haunts, and no game comes down to the river to drink, water being abundant in pools inland.

Hunger now impels the crocodile to lie in wait for the women who come to draw water, and on the Zambesi numbers are carried off every year.

The danger is not so great at other seasons; though it is never safe to bathe, or to stoop to drink, where one cannot see the bottom, especially in the evening.