. Matabele land and the Victoria Falls : a naturalist's wanderings in the interior of South Africa, from the letters and journals of the late Frank Oates . these Makalakas threw every possibleobstacle in the way of his advance—and not once only,but each time he reached their boundaries—whilstseveral traders, going and coming, were permittedto proceed upon their journey, and the final fatalissue of his expedition to the Zambesi was practicallythe result of the behaviour of these people. It istrue that other circumstances, irrespective of their THWARTED PLANS. 171 proceedings, combined to hinder
. Matabele land and the Victoria Falls : a naturalist's wanderings in the interior of South Africa, from the letters and journals of the late Frank Oates . these Makalakas threw every possibleobstacle in the way of his advance—and not once only,but each time he reached their boundaries—whilstseveral traders, going and coming, were permittedto proceed upon their journey, and the final fatalissue of his expedition to the Zambesi was practicallythe result of the behaviour of these people. It istrue that other circumstances, irrespective of their THWARTED PLANS. 171 proceedings, combined to hinder and delay him, againthrowing his journey into the unhealthy season ofthe year; but these alone would not have been of thesame vital consequence, and the period of his mis-fortunes dates from the time when the Makalakas—the kings permission already plainly granted—firstturned him back, as related in the succeedingchapter, and forced him to seek a fresh interviewwith Lobengula. In such a country, with but abrief healthy season, delays like this were little shortof fatal. But it is time to follow him in the first of theseill-starred WATTLED STARLING.—DilopJiiis cariinculalus. CHAPTER IX. Fresh start for the Zambesi—The Ramaqueban again—A Hon shot—Singular building—Wild fruit—First kraal of the Makalakas—Stopped by the induna—Return to Tati—To Gubuleweyo andback—Fresh leave obtained — Altered arrangements for the journey. On first leaving the Tati, on June 9th, the old ground,as though he had been making for Gubuleweyo, wasretraced as far as the Ramaqueban River, where, onJune loth, the traveller halted a short time to , quagga, and blue wildebeest were now abun-dant in this district, and ostriches were also metwith. Van Roozen too, the day before they left, suc-ceeded in shooting a lion which had threatened toattack his horse—a great feat for this intrepid sports-man. An account of this adventure, along with someother matter,
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