Southern Africa, the land and its peoples . howe^ er, the greal river plunges into ;i oarron Chasm, onl\ BOme three 01 four hundred feet in width. er<issin:j tin bed t the river at righl angles. Prom this ^; the foaming waters And an outlet thrOUgfa a narrow elett eidled t lie Whirl] I \ Boiling Pot, throUgtl 218 SOUTHERN AFRICA which they rush with indescribable impetuosity. The river then enters asuccession of steep-sided ravines having a total length, measured along theirzig-zags, of over forty miles. Just below the Whirlpool, but within reach ofthe driving spray from the Falls, a
Southern Africa, the land and its peoples . howe^ er, the greal river plunges into ;i oarron Chasm, onl\ BOme three 01 four hundred feet in width. er<issin:j tin bed t the river at righl angles. Prom this ^; the foaming waters And an outlet thrOUgfa a narrow elett eidled t lie Whirl] I \ Boiling Pot, throUgtl 218 SOUTHERN AFRICA which they rush with indescribable impetuosity. The river then enters asuccession of steep-sided ravines having a total length, measured along theirzig-zags, of over forty miles. Just below the Whirlpool, but within reach ofthe driving spray from the Falls, a boldly-planned bridge carries both therailway and a motor road over the Zambezi to Livingstone, six miles bridge crosses the river 350 feet above high-water level, and is one ofthe highest in the Victoria Falls and dotted line indicates the series of falls. From west to east:Devils Cataract, Cataract Island, Main Falls, Livingstone Island,Rainbow Falls, Eastern Cataract. Railway crosses gorge justbelow Boiling Pot. The Victoria Falls are not a continuous curtain of falling water ; theyconsist, rather, of a series of falls divided by islands which overlook the brinkof the chasm. The Main Falls, some 900 yards in width, are bounded byCataract Island and Livingstone Island. Between the latter and the eastbank are the Rainbow Falls and the Eastern Cataract, 600 yards Fall nearer the western bank is beautifully named Leaping Water ;it is also called the Devils Cataract. The Falls are sometimes precipitous ;elsewhere they are broken by projecting rocks, and present the appearanceof a succession of cascades. NORTHERN 219 At high water it is impossible * • 1111« i to ice * 11 * - Falli oi to Approach themclosely, owing to the vast amount of spray that
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