. In remotest Barotseland; being an account of a journey of over 8,000 miles through the wildest and remotest parts of Lewanika's empire. sing cattle. 24 370 CHAPTER II. The source of the Kabompo is not unlike that ofthe Zambesi, surrounded with luxuriant vegeta-tion in the midst of a huge thicket of dense trees,which can be observed from a distance of severalmiles. The Lunga river also rises on the sameplateau and within a few hundred miles of theKabompo river. This Lunga river is a tribu-tary of the Kabompo, and must fiot be con-founded with the East Lunga, which flows intothe Kafue river so
. In remotest Barotseland; being an account of a journey of over 8,000 miles through the wildest and remotest parts of Lewanika's empire. sing cattle. 24 370 CHAPTER II. The source of the Kabompo is not unlike that ofthe Zambesi, surrounded with luxuriant vegeta-tion in the midst of a huge thicket of dense trees,which can be observed from a distance of severalmiles. The Lunga river also rises on the sameplateau and within a few hundred miles of theKabompo river. This Lunga river is a tribu-tary of the Kabompo, and must fiot be con-founded with the East Lunga, which flows intothe Kafue river some three hundred mileseast. I found rubber there, and the nativesliving near were constantly employed in its manu-facture. I heard from them that I was the firstwhite man who had ever visited this spot. Theybelong to the Balunda tribe, and resembled thosewhom I found at the source of the Zambesi. Iconsider the water-shed of the Zambesi and Congorivers a district that will repay the greatestattention, and if mineral wealth is to be found inWest Central Africa it will be located in theseparts. Mr. Bricker, who is a mining expert, was. a, e 24^ IN REMOTEST BAROTSELAND. 373 of the same opinion. Besides this, the countryis high and healthy, and with careful adminis-tration many of the natives who were drivenaway, but not actually carried off, by the slavetraders wiU return. I have dealt with the slavetrade in former chapters in my diary, when I met
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