A Tour in South Africa: With Notices of Natal, Mauritius, Madagascar, Ceylon, Egypt, and Palestine |
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Page 284 - With the periodical flow of the rivers great shoals of fish descend. The people could give no reason for the rise of the water, further than that a chief, who lives in a part of the country to the north, called Mazzekiva, kills a man annually and throws his body into the stream, after which the waters begin to flow. When will they know him who was slain, that whosoever will might drink of the water of life freely ! The sketch, which I inclose, is intended to convey an idea of the river Zonga and...
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Page 283 - One remarkable feature in this river is its periodical rise and fall. It has risen nearly three feet in height since our arrival, and this is the dry season. That the rise is not caused by rains is evident from the water being so pure. Its purity and softness increased as we ascended towards its junction with the Tamunakle, from which, although connected with the lake, it derives the present increased supply. The sharpness of the air caused an amazing keenness of appetite, at an elevation of little...