The Victoria Falls of the Zambesi. Translated from the German
of Edward Mohr by N. D'Anvers. (Sampson Low and Co.)—Mr. Mohr's journey was made about seven years ago. He started from Natal, and made his way through the Orange-River Free State, the Transvaal Republic, and the dominions of the Chiefs Matcheen and Mosilikatze, till he reached the Great Falls. He makes an interesting story of his journey, and sketches the manners of men and the beauties of scenery with a vigorous hand. His account of the great marvel for the sake of which his journey was undertaken is especially striking. Here is the passage in which he describes his first sight of the waterfall:— " On the evening of the 28th of June I noticed, on the north-north- west, far above a vast, green, and apparently endless forest, some white cloud-masses, which ascended continuously in the form of four or five columns from the same spot, without any change in appearance, in spite of the dead calm which prevailed every now and then. This phenomenon was the mom striking, as the vast, blue firmament, like a huge glass cupola, was unbroken by even the tiniest cloud as far as the eye could reach. When I pointed this singular appearance out to Masupasila, he said it was the SiFtfma (Waterfall), and never as long as my pulses boat shall I forget that moment."
There is a striking chromolithograph, though rather crude in colour, of the Fulls. The river, a mile wide, throws itself over a sheer height of four hundred feet. At the time of the author's visit, June 20, 1870, it was swollen with rain, and the spectacle was proportionately increased in magnificence. The translator has rendered the Gorman original into excellent English.
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