. little insects, and various animals—elands, zebras, gnus, kamas, pallahe, buffaloes, and are among the choice game of the country, and the doctorwas fortunate, although he was no longer skilful as a hunter,in securing considerable supplies. Perhaps no animal in Africais at once so much admired for its beauty and at the same timeso highly valued for its flesh as the singularly wild and fantasticzebra; his beautiful stripes flashing in the sun, and his marvel-lous gracefulness as he dashes about the flowers or throug
. little insects, and various animals—elands, zebras, gnus, kamas, pallahe, buffaloes, and are among the choice game of the country, and the doctorwas fortunate, although he was no longer skilful as a hunter,in securing considerable supplies. Perhaps no animal in Africais at once so much admired for its beauty and at the same timeso highly valued for its flesh as the singularly wild and fantasticzebra; his beautiful stripes flashing in the sun, and his marvel-lous gracefulness as he dashes about the flowers or through theforests, fill the beholder with admiration, and there is no finersport than dashing into the midst of the splendid herds of themwhich move about almost anywhere. After innumerable annoyances from guides and trouble withcarriers and days of struggling along the most unpath-like-paths, Livingstone at last reached the Loangwa and halted atthe stronghold of Maranda. But wearying as the march hadbeen, there was nothing refreshing to be seen or heard there,. CROSSING THE LOANGWA. 493 only the desolate, neglected appearance of the fields, and storiesof the ravages of the national banditti who were the terror ofall the region through which he had passed. And being un-able to obtain food of any sort for any consideration, the partydecided on crossing the river immediately. They were nowin 12° 45 S.—about three hundred miles above the confluenceof the Loangwa with the Zambesi, with which we becamefamiliar in earlier portions of this work. Though so far awayfrom its mouth, the river was from seventy to a hundred yardswide and quite deep. It flows down from the mountains onthe north out of the Chitale country. The sandy bottom whichdistinguishes so many African rivers and the great sand-bankswere features to be expected, and the alluvial banks with greatforest trees along them were familiar scenes. There, too, werethe various animals whose presence intensify the wildness ofthe la
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