New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
NORTHERN RHODESIA.
A VAST AND BEAUTIFUL REGION NORTH
OF THE ZAMBESI

OF THE ZAMBESL
From The London Globe
Mr.. Walker. hunter of the first rank IN
Khodesia, has been telling a representative of
The BuluWayo Chronicle about the wonderful
stretch OF territory north OF the Zambesi This
hunter, writes the pressman. is quiet spoken
and undemonstrative, absolutely without brag-
gadoclo lie relates how in the darkness he
Killed a lion at close quarters pretty much as
other men would describe how they knocked
over hare. Goodness and determination with
capacity for quick decision and action. undere
his untSsuming demeanor. II is in his sitting
room adorned with many trophies of the chase
that Mr.. Walker tells OF the vast region north
OF the big waterway.
"on the other side" he says is a beautiful
country. and the plateau is much healthier than
here. Its average height is five thousand feet
So The soil is most fertile. and it is well
Watered everywhere. The Nome plateau, be-
tween the Zambesi and the kafui. is
healthy, being. for Onc thing, lower. The soil,
water and grass are OF the best and altogether
1t is the finest ranChinS and agricultural land
In appearance IT is not at all like Natabcleldnd.
1t is what one would call semi-open country
As 70 the natives, you could wish for Z,
better class They ara willing to do anything
You ask them tn DO, and never had the slight
est trouble with them went up there for the
hrSt time thrte years ago. and have been there
twice again went in for trading and hunting
but my chief idea was To have look at the
t"dh'rE WIN q Vie" I" settling there. The
hdiuI Valley Is splendid piece OF country. long
and wide, and soil Of the best-scmethin2 like
hat / suppose the NiI- Valley is II is iu,IDd3-
~ this II is not unhealthy place. There are
tu@liSh missionaries with their wives and chill
dTrn, living night on thr banks Of the river and
they are not troubled with fever. The months
during which it is least healthy are March and
Apri.
Across the Kafui ther. IS a very high country
again. The only people who have been in that
country are traders and The police" There is my
amount "f game all oyer ihe uiI,--;tlI th- same
You -et in this country. and more besides. There
ar" po"koo lechwe. situtangl u -htenstein See.
h-rc are thu skins of some OF theDI'
3D. r rls ..;r4..
81 ostrich th"r-- You don't set III N I,.rJhe-
north tilI s"WrNh, re about Lake Tan-anyiLa
I'' northern giraffe by the Nay = difertltiy
rarkrd ana generally has three horns
Shout" certainly say thot tho climate the~, IS
h'tif'i'r than this. In the hottest nOuth-Oc-
,'t'r- its not So hot as It is here. There's al
ways a DELIGHTFULLY."- cool hr-eZe blnyvinG which
keep down Ill.,. heat. II works against the heat
automatically. as ii were. The breeze which is
from east L. west, springs M about sunrise
ard blows continually till sunset. The nights
Themselves ara SO cool that even in the not
L,st part of tn" year you want two blankets
The mere fact that the nights are invariably
cool must make great difference in the health
90 ul,' place. l ou See the corn and the grass on
H." plateau. | have seen Kafftr corn there - Ia
- feet high Down in III" alleys again a short
sweet grass grows only six inches high Take
the hest parts of the Tr;nsvsal and Free state
i know them Well-a farmer has to bring his
stock down from the high to the low vellt. and
20 back again to the high Veldt I'm thu, summer
time But on the plateau. man can stay there
all the year round. None OF the traders are
S'ttIcu tirrt. Ihere are only the police and 4
l'W mlsS"ndr :. w generally leave here in
AfTil and May and set back III October 0r No
Neulher There's q road starting from the banks
of the /amhcS below the junction Of the Ciws.ai
You get your wagons over in this way Two
Au%ShtddS are tied underneath the wagon the.
VII" IS fastened To the body Of the wagon. the
diSsrlboom taken out. ana then duguut goes
on each side OF the wagon. Some of the nigScrs
hold To r"pes and the others paddle. Ii takes
only about ten minutes II YOU do the thing
NnEtrtIy. aS the river is only about two hundred
yards wide there. Two hoSsheaties We're lef.
there Tor the benefit of people crossing. These,
however, haVr become eaten. and any ona
20 nE up now should take hoGsheads with him
It's rot very far from here-abOut 1t0 miles 10
~, /lith'Si and another fifty to the plateau
IN" IaIukn natives. who inhabit this plateau
an" not war!Ike. They have been jammed in
between thu E4rntSe and the Matabele. haVina,
lcrn made slaves of by both. The only peoGIs
u" t"~r" Who have not been conquered ar the
Observation-Disclosures"