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During a flight in former years, when the present chief Sekomi was a child in his mother's arms, the Bamangwato men were separated from their women, and inveigled on to one of these islands by the Makalaka chief of Mparia, on pretense of ferrying them across the Leeambye.
We were here joined by Moriantsane, uncle of Sekeletu and head man of Sesheke, and, entering canoes on the 13th, some sailed down the river to the confluence of the Chobe, while others drove the cattle along the banks, spending one night at Mparia, the island at the confluence of the Chobe, which is composed of trap, having crystals of quartz in it coated with a pellicle of green copper ore.
Preliminary Arrangements for the Journey A Picho 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.
After spending one night at the Makololo village on Mparia, we left the Chobe, and, turning round, began to ascend the Leeambye; on the 19th of November we again reached the town of Sesheke. It stands on the north bank of the river, and contains a large population of Makalaka, under Moriantsane, brother-in-law of Sebituane.
The water of the Chobe up to this point is of a dark mossy hue, but here it suddenly assumes a lighter tint; and wherever this light color shows a greater amount of mineral, there are not mosquitoes enough to cause serious annoyance to any except persons of very irritable temperaments. The large island called Mparia stands at the confluence.
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