ABSTRACT
The discovery of these fields in 1866 and 1867 followed that of the Tati only by the interval of the few weeks necessarily occupied in travelling 350 miles more to the north-east, but the difficulty of exploring and ascertaining their reality increased at every step. * Even during the first-named year the suspicions of the Matabili were aroused, and Mr. Hartley* dared not openly assist Herr Mauch in searching for reefs, because, whenever he attempted to do so his native servants would ask, “ What have you to do with seeking stones? The king gave you leave to shoot elephants! Why do you not attend to your own business, and not meddle with things for which yon have no liberty? ”
