Amongst other interesting papers read at the meeting of the
British Association we may note that of Mr. Trevor Battye on "The Zambesi beyond the Victoria Falls." Starting from the Falls, Mr. Trevor Battye travelled one hundred miles in a dug-out canoe to Shesheke, the point whence Livingstone— to whose greatness he paid a generous tribute—started on the famous journey which led to the discovery of the Falls. The tribal distinctions and areas of the Zambesians—who are subjects of King Lewanika—had been so modified by invasion and warfare as to be inextricable, but there could be no doubt as to their intelligence, as exemplified by their pottery and work in ivory and iron, or their amiability. Litia, the son of King Lewanika., is described by Mr. Trevor Battye as a most intelligent man, anxious for the improvement of the people, and probably sharing the view of his father, who, on his return from attending the Coronation, began his opening speech to his people with the words : "You are simply baboons ! simply that ! "
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