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At three feet from the ground it was eighty-five feet in circumference. These mowana-trees are the most wonderful examples of vitality in the country; it was therefore with surprise that we came upon a dead one at Tlomtla, a few miles beyond this spot. It is the same as those which Adamson and others believed, from specimens seen in Western Africa, to have been alive before the flood.

Effects of Missionary Efforts Belief in the Deity Ideas of the Bakwains on Religion Departure from their Country Salt-pans Sour Curd Nchokotsa Bitter Waters Thirst suffered by the wild Animals Wanton Cruelty in Hunting Ntwetwe Mowana-trees Their extraordinary Vitality The Mopane-tree The Morala The Bushmen Their Superstitions Elephant-hunting Superiority of civilized over barbarous Sportsmen The Chief Kaisa His Fear of Responsibility Beauty of the Country at Unku The Mohonono Bush Severe Labor in cutting our Way Party seized with Fever Escape of our Cattle Bakwain Mode of recapturing them Vagaries of sick Servants Discovery of grape-bearing Vines An Ant-eater Difficulty of passing through the Forest Sickness of my Companion The Bushmen Their Mode of destroying Lions Poisons The solitary Hill A picturesque Valley Beauty of the Country Arrive at the Sanshureh River The flooded Prairies A pontooning Expedition A night Bivouac The Chobe Arrive at the Village of Moremi Surprise of the Makololo at our sudden Appearance Cross the Chobe on our way to Linyanti.