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Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

CHAPTER 17
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The men on foot crossed these gullies holding up their burdens at arms' length.
The Lokalueje winds from northeast to southwest into the Leeba.

The country adjacent to its banks is extremely fine and fertile, with here and there patches of forest or clumps of magnificent trees.

The villagers through whose gardens we passed continue to sow and reap all the year round.

The grains, as maize, lotsa ('Pennisetum typhoideum'), lokesh or millet, are to be seen at all stages of their growth--some just ripe, while at this time the Makololo crops are not half grown.

My companions, who have a good idea of the different qualities of soils, expressed the greatest admiration of the agricultural capabilities of the whole of Londa, and here they were loud in their praises of the pasturage.


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