His Renewed Hospitality; Desire To Appear Like A White Man; Ludicrous Departure - Jackdaws - Ford Southern Branch Of Lake Dilolo - Small

Fish - Project for a Makololo Village near the Confluence of the Leeba and the Leeambye - Hearty Welcome from Shinte - Kolimbota's

Wound - Plant-seeds and Fruit-trees brought from Angola - Masiko and Limboa's Quarrel - Nyamoana now a Widow - Purchase Canoes and descend the Leeba - Herds of wild Animals on its Banks - Unsuccessful Buffalo-hunt - Frogs - Sinbad and the Tsetse - Dispatch a Message to Manenko - Arrival of her Husband Sambanza - The Ceremony called Kasendi - Unexpected Fee for performing a surgical Operation - Social Condition of the Tribes - Desertion of Mboenga - Stratagem of Mambowe Hunters - Water-turtles - Charged by a Buffalo - Reception from the People of Libonta - Explain the Causes of our long Delay - Pitsane's Speech - Thanksgiving Services - Appearance of my "Braves" - Wonderful Kindness of the People.

Chapter 25. Colony of Birds called Linkololo - The Village of Chitlane - Murder of Mpololo's Daughter - Execution of the Murderer and his Wife - My Companions find that their Wives have married other Husbands - Sunday - A Party from Masiko - Freedom of Speech - Canoe struck by a Hippopotamus - Gonye - Appearance of Trees at the end of Winter - Murky Atmosphere - Surprising Amount of organic Life - Hornets - The Packages forwarded by Mr. Moffat - Makololo Suspicions and Reply to the Matebele who brought them - Convey the Goods to an Island and build a Hut over them - Ascertain that Sir R. Murchison had recognized the true Form of African Continent - Arrival at Linyanti - A grand Picho - Shrewd Inquiry - Sekeletu in his Uniform - A Trading-party sent to Loanda with Ivory - Mr. Gabriel's Kindness to them - Difficulties in Trading - Two Makololo Forays during our Absence - Report of the Country to the N.E. - Death of influential Men - The Makololo desire to be nearer the Market - Opinions upon a Change of Residence - Climate of Barotse Valley - Diseases - Author's Fevers not a fair Criterion in the Matter - The Interior an inviting Field for the Philanthropist - Consultations about a Path to the East Coast - Decide on descending North Bank of Zambesi - Wait for the Rainy Season - Native way of spending Time during the period of greatest Heat - Favorable Opening for Missionary Enterprise - Ben Habib wishes to marry - A Maiden's Choice - Sekeletu's Hospitality - Sulphureted Hydrogen and Malaria - Conversations with Makololo - Their moral Character and Conduct - Sekeletu wishes to purchase a Sugar-mill, etc. - The Donkeys - Influence among the Natives - "Food fit for a Chief" - Parting Words of Mamire - Motibe's Excuses.

Chapter 26. Departure from Linyanti - A Thunder-storm - An Act of genuine Kindness - Fitted out a second time by the Makololo - Sail down the Leeambye - Sekote's Kotla and human Skulls; his Grave adorned with Elephants' Tusks - Victoria Falls - Native Names - Columns of Vapor - Gigantic Crack - Wear of the Rocks - Shrines of the Barimo - "The Pestle of the Gods" - Second Visit to the Falls - Island Garden - Store-house Island - Native Diviners - A European Diviner - Makololo Foray - Marauder to be fined - Mambari - Makololo wish to stop Mambari Slave-trading - Part with Sekeletu - Night Traveling - River Lekone - Ancient fresh-water Lakes - Formation of Lake Ngami - Native Traditions - Drainage of the Great Valley - Native Reports of the Country to the North - Maps - Moyara's Village - Savage Customs of the Batoka - A Chain of Trading Stations - Remedy against Tsetse - "The Well of Joy" - First Traces of Trade with Europeans - Knocking out the front Teeth - Facetious Explanation - Degradation of the Batoka - Description of the Traveling Party - Cross the Unguesi - Geological Formation - Ruins of a large Town - Productions of the Soil similar to those in Angola - Abundance of Fruit.

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