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Seven Years in South Africa.
inches in the interval of the few days since I had last passed over it.
![ON THE SHORES OF THE ZAMBESI.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Seven_Years_in_South_Africa%2C_page_176%2C_on_the_shores_of_the_Zambesi.jpg/450px-Seven_Years_in_South_Africa%2C_page_176%2C_on_the_shores_of_the_Zambesi.jpg)
ON THE SHORES OF THE ZAMBESI.
We spent the night in a creek, starting off again betimes next morning. The boatmen exerted themselves to their utmost, and our progress was not much short of five miles an hour. On reaching Impalera I found that Westbeech, with a considerable