date-bushes

Updated: January 13, 2026

The plains are so perfectly level that rain-water, which this was, stands upon them for months together. They were not flooded by the Leeba, for that was still far within its banks. Here and there, dotted over the surface, are little islands, on which grow stunted date-bushes and scraggy trees.

David Livingstone - Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa