. In remotest Barotseland; being an account of a journey of over 8,000 miles through the wildest and remotest parts of Lewanika's empire. of the cart, and reviewed, how-ever cursorily, the bits of patchwork designatedby Moore as harness, I should have refused hiskind offer with thanks, and saved the energeticand hot-tempered Sergt. Macaulay, who wasaccompanying me, a considerable amount of hardwork and equally strong language. I acquaintedMacaulay with Moores acquisition, and directedhim to get ready and start the following was not so enthusiastic as he might have been,but too polit
. In remotest Barotseland; being an account of a journey of over 8,000 miles through the wildest and remotest parts of Lewanika's empire. of the cart, and reviewed, how-ever cursorily, the bits of patchwork designatedby Moore as harness, I should have refused hiskind offer with thanks, and saved the energeticand hot-tempered Sergt. Macaulay, who wasaccompanying me, a considerable amount of hardwork and equally strong language. I acquaintedMacaulay with Moores acquisition, and directedhim to get ready and start the following was not so enthusiastic as he might have been,but too polite to offer any remark. I had notviewed the donkey cart or harness, but tookeverything for granted, until I arrived on thescene, when the following morning Macaulay,Moore, and a score of natives were trying tofasten the raw hide and string designated asharness on the patient donkeys. I thought thatMacaulay was delaying a considerable amount oftime before getting away, but my irritable temperwas soothed immediately by seeing him strugglingwith a donkey, unraveUing the intricate bits ofconfused leather, and vainly endeavouring to get. IN REMOTEST BAROTSELAND. 263 the animal to direct some of his interest from thesurrounding tufts of green grass to his leatherfetters, but all to no purpose ; rope traces of nouniform length, except that they were all tooshort, a short end of unbrayed hide for halter andblinkers combined, and a wallet strap for collarand breast-strap, completed the harness ; breech-ing there was none. I ventured to bring thisdiscrepancy under Moores notice, but my un-called-for criticism was soon squashed by Mooresknowledge of such things, and in the course oftwo hours the animals were inspanned, anddriven out at a trot by our universal Macaulays departure with his irregularteam I decided to wait a day or two beforeattempting to catch him up ; consequently, Iremained the following day at Moores hut, andleft amidst every good wish for my journey. Ihad n
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