. In remotest Barotseland; being an account of a journey of over 8,000 miles through the wildest and remotest parts of Lewanika's empire. ourse, he knew exactlywhere his late neighbour had hidden himself, butwould not under any circumstances give us thedesired information. I should have pursued thesame policy had I been similarly placed, and,whilst we were most annoyed at his reticence,inwardly one admired his stubborn keep Marshall longer was useless, so leavinghim behind we decided to row to the scene ofMoras old habitation, and trust to the possi-biUty of gaining our desired in
. In remotest Barotseland; being an account of a journey of over 8,000 miles through the wildest and remotest parts of Lewanika's empire. ourse, he knew exactlywhere his late neighbour had hidden himself, butwould not under any circumstances give us thedesired information. I should have pursued thesame policy had I been similarly placed, and,whilst we were most annoyed at his reticence,inwardly one admired his stubborn keep Marshall longer was useless, so leavinghim behind we decided to row to the scene ofMoras old habitation, and trust to the possi-biUty of gaining our desired information fromnatives dwelling adjacently. We arrived at theold kraal the following day ; everything was in amost tumble-down condition, and apparentlyMora, with his people, must have left someeighteen months previously. For four days we went in pursuit of Mora andtravelled between eighty and ninety miles overan impassable country, through a district un- IN REMOTEST BAROTSELAND. 297 known and unvisited by any white men ; butwithout success, and finally returned to our boatson the river. Whilst Carbutt and myself were leisurely pro-. Koad cutting. ceeding down the river in boats, Tozzo and theremaining carriers were chopping a road by theriver side, two of the police being sent ahead withnotice to the principal indunas en route, re- 298 IN REMOTEST BAROTSELAND. questing them to turn out their subordinates andassist ; consequently, the work left to Tozzo andhis party, who were proceeding in the rear, wasreduced to a mere bagatelle. At some villages,thirty or forty boys armed with their small butwell-tempered axes would be engaged at one time,working with the enthusiasm of released schoolboys, tumbling over one another in their excite-ment and anxiety to cut an inviting tree, or lopsome unoffending branch ; they would commencea road three times the required width, and as theirardour evaporated, the cleared patch would growconsiderably less, to end entirely before half theprescribe
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