. 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 . anions, proceeding forward on the 14th alonetowards the Zambesi. The country, from this point,is only varied from sand and thick bush by the occa-sional occurrence of these pans or vleis, thefavourite haunts of wading-birds and wildfowl. Soonafter leaving Tamasancha one was passed (Flamakin-yani) closely encircled by large trees, and a little laterwas another (Geruah), about the size of a duck-pondand extremely pretty, surrounded with the g
. 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 . anions, proceeding forward on the 14th alonetowards the Zambesi. The country, from this point,is only varied from sand and thick bush by the occa-sional occurrence of these pans or vleis, thefavourite haunts of wading-birds and wildfowl. Soonafter leaving Tamasancha one was passed (Flamakin-yani) closely encircled by large trees, and a little laterwas another (Geruah), about the size of a duck-pondand extremely pretty, surrounded with the greenestof grass, whilst all around it extended the barren andsandy veldt. About here giraffe and other game wasmet with, including sable antelope, eland, and wild elephant spoor was seen north of Tamasetsie, THE DAKA RIVER. 243 but the time now allowed of no delays for poison-plant, growing low, and bearing ayellow plum-like fruit, was gathered on one occasionnear the waggon-track. The Daka River was reached upon the 21st, andthe day after, some miles further on, two other smallstreams were reached and crossed, and then a third. AFRICAN DWARF GOOSE.—Nettapiis aitriiiis.(Length about n inches.) into which apparently the first two flowed. This lastwas a small river called the Pantamatenka, just beyondwhich is the place where waggons stand for travellersgoing to the Zambesi. These streams, it was evident,must all be very small, except during the were small indeed even now, though overflow-ing their banks and running quickly. Almost imme-diately after crossing the last-named, Frank Oatess 2 44 MATABELE LAND. waggon stuck in a very soft muddy place, but , who was in charge of the trading-stationhere, came with a span of oxen to help him out, andthe following morning his waggon was taken upto where the store was built, on a little stony kopjeabove the watery flats. Mr. Blockley was here in thecapacity of agent for another trader, then abs
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