. In remotest Barotseland; being an account of a journey of over 8,000 miles through the wildest and remotest parts of Lewanika's empire. ion of a few indunas present would be rewarded byanother present of far more intrinsic value givenin return. The deputation would after a timere-form, and securely tying their beads in a bagby the aid of some bark, return to their kraals,the baskets would remain till after our departure,and then with sundry jam and meat tins be col-lected by their different owners. Near one of these kraals Carbutt was luckyenough to shoot an enormous hippo. Six ors
. In remotest Barotseland; being an account of a journey of over 8,000 miles through the wildest and remotest parts of Lewanika's empire. ion of a few indunas present would be rewarded byanother present of far more intrinsic value givenin return. The deputation would after a timere-form, and securely tying their beads in a bagby the aid of some bark, return to their kraals,the baskets would remain till after our departure,and then with sundry jam and meat tins be col-lected by their different owners. Near one of these kraals Carbutt was luckyenough to shoot an enormous hippo. Six orseven of these beefy masses were sunning them-selves on a sandbank, resembling to all intentsand purposes huge boulders of rock when viewedat a distance. It was a good shot, and though hedisappeared with the usual quiet splash, he was IN REMOTEST BAROTSELAND. 291 floating stone dead within two hours afterwards,and required the combined energy of the twoboats to tow him to a convenient spot in the bankwhere the skinning process was performed. Allthe people at the kraal were soon engaged withravenous rapture in this performance. Women. Cutting up hippo. more naked than usual, waist deep in water, werewith Carbutt and myself in like condition,struggling, lifting and perspiring, vainly tryingto lift the huge animal nearer the bank, where theskinning performance could be carried out moreeasily, but all our efforts were of no avail, and ithad to be dissected in its^original position. By 19* 292 IN REMOTEST BAROTSELAND. the help of assegais the hide, which is in resem-blance like a side of bacon, was cut into stripssome three inches wide and given in charge of theinduna. The meat which we required was placedin our boats, and leaving the remainder with ourfair helpers, we started by moonlight for our pro-posed sleeping camp some ten miles ahead. Travelling by moonlight on any other river butthe Zambesi would possess a certain amount ofromantic rapture, but in our case, cautiously pro-ce
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