“Fromacountryfullofrivers。”wasthereply；“somanythatnomancantelltheirnumber，andfulloflargetrees。”
ThiswasthefirstactualconfirmationofthereportoftheBakwainsthatthecountrybeyondwasnotthelarge“sandyplateau“ofgeographers。
TheprospectofahighwaycapableofbeingtraversedbyboatstoanunexploredfertileregionsofilledthemindofLivingstonethat，whenhecametothelake，thisdiscoveryseemedofcomparativelylittleimportanceTous，indeed，whoseideasofalakeareformedfromSuperiorandHuron，theNgamiseemsbutaninsignificantaffair。
Itscircumferencemaybeseventyorahundredmiles，anditsmeandepthisbutafewfeetItliestwothousandfeetabovethelevelofthesea，andasmuchbelowthesouthernborderoftheKalahari，whichslopesgraduallytowardtheinterior。
TheirdesiretovisitSebituane，whoseresidencewasconsiderablyfartherintheinterior，wasfrustratedbythejealousyofLechulatebe，achiefnearthelake，andtheexpeditionreturnedtothestationatKolobeng。