The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-25
Plateau on the North Very
Inviting 10 Settlers.
TERRITORY LITTLE KNOWN.
Hunter Of Rhudssli Tells sfa Plics Where
kiffIr Corn Grows 10 Height
Of Twsay Fest

II. "a
In Rhodesia, has been telling repre-
sentative OF the Buluwayo Chronicle
about the wonderful stretch OF territory
north OF the Zambesi. This hunter Is quiet
spoken and undemonstrative. absolutely
without braggadocio. lie relates how in
the darkness he killed lion at close
quarters pretty much as other men would
describe how they knocked over a hare.
Goodness and determine tion, with capac-
ity for quick decision and action, under
lie his unassuming demeanor. 1t is in his
sitting room, adorned with many tro-
phles OF the chase. that Mr.. Walker tells
OF the vast region north OF the big wa
terway.
The othe side" he says, 'is a beauti,
fal country, and the plateau is much more
i.ealthful than here. It's average height
is 5000 feet or 80. The soil Is most fer
tile. and II is we'll watered everywhere,
The Nome plateau. between the Zambesi
for one thing, lower.
THE soil, water. and grass are OF the
best, and altogether II is the finest ranch
Ing and agricultural land have ever seen
in any part of South Africa. In appear
ance IL is not at all like Mstabeleland. 1t
is what one would call semi-open coun-
try.
As To the natives, you could not wish
for a better class. They are willing To do
anything YOU ask them TO do, and never
had the slightest trouble with them.
went up there for the first time three
years ago. and have been there twice
again. went in for trading and hunting,
but my chief idea was to have a look at
the country with a view TO settling there.
BEAUTIES OF KAFUI VALLEY.
'rhe Kafui valley is a splendid piece OF
country, long and wide, and soil of the
best-something like what l suppose the
Nile valley Is. IL is inundated every wet
season,but believe that I'm spite OF this
IL is not an unhealthy place.
There are English missionaries, with
their wives and children, living right on
the banks of the river, and they are not
troubled wlth fever. The months during
which it is least healthy are March and
April.
Across the Kafui there is very high
country again. The only people who have
been In that country are traders and the
police. There Is any amount OF game all
over the place-ali the game you get In
this country. and more besides.
There are pookoo, lechwe, situtanga.
hchtenstein. See, here are the skins of
some of them. Strange enough, you
don't get either giraffe or ostrich there.
You don't get them farther north till
somewhere about Lake Tanganyika. and,
OF course. you get them farther south.
air ffe n fhn ID
differently marked, and generally has
three horns. l should certainly say that
the climate there is healthier than this.
'ln the hottest month-Octobsr-it's not
SO hot as II is here. There is always a
uelightfully cools breeze blowing, which
keeps down the heat. IL works against
the heat automatically. as IL wwere. The
breeze, which Is from east 10 west springs
up about sunrise and blows continually
till sunset The nights themselves are
80 cool that even In the hottest part OF
the year you want two blankets.
The mere fact that the nights are in
Variaby cool must make a great differ
ence IL the health oof the place. You see
the corn and the grass on the plateau.
have seen 'kafiir corn there eighteen 20
twenty feet high Down I'm the valleys
again a short sweet grass grows only six
inches high.
PL~TEAU A HEALTHFUL PLACE.
Take tke best parts OF the Transvaal
and Free State-I know them well--a far
ner has to bring his stock from the high
10 the low veldt, and go back again 20
the high veldt la the summer time But
on the plateau a man can stay there all
the year around. None OF the traders is
settled there. -...s+
There are only the police and a few
missionaries. We generally leave here in
April and A-ay and get back In October
or November. There's road starting
from the banks OF the zambesi below the
junction OF the Gwaai.