Vardon's Note--The Roar of the Lion resembles the Cry of the
Ostrich--Seldom attacks full-grown Animals--Buffaloes and
Lions--Mice--Serpents--Treading on one--Venomous and harmless
Varieties--Fascination--Sekomi's Ideas of Honesty--Ceremony of
the Sechu for Boys--The Boyale for young Women--Bamangwato
Hills--The Unicorn's Pass--The Country beyond--Grain--Scarcity
of Water--Honorable Conduct of English Gentlemen--Gordon
Cumming's hunting Adventures--A Word of Advice for young
Sportsmen--Bushwomen drawing Water--Ostrich--Silly Habit--
Paces--Eggs--Food.

Chapter 8. Effects of Missionary Efforts--Belief in the Deity--
Ideas of the Bakwains on Religion--Departure from their
Country--Salt-pans--Sour Curd--Nchokotsa--Bitter Waters--
Thirst suffered by the wild Animals--Wanton Cruelty in
Hunting--Ntwetwe--Mowana-trees--Their extraordinary Vitality--
The Mopane-tree--The Morala--The Bushmen--Their Superstitions--
Elephant-hunting--Superiority of civilized over barbarous
Sportsmen--The Chief Kaisa--His Fear of Responsibility--Beauty
of the Country at Unku--The Mohonono Bush--Severe Labor in
cutting our Way--Party seized with Fever--Escape of our
Cattle--Bakwain Mode of recapturing them--Vagaries of sick
Servants--Discovery of grape-bearing Vines--An Ant-eater--
Difficulty of passing through the Forest--Sickness of my
Companion--The Bushmen--Their Mode of destroying Lions--
Poisons--The solitary Hill--A picturesque Valley--Beauty of
the Country--Arrive at the Sanshureh River--The flooded
Prairies--A pontooning Expedition--A night Bivouac--The Chobe--
Arrive at the Village of Moremi--Surprise of the Makololo at
our sudden Appearance--Cross the Chobe on our way to Linyanti.