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selves by agriculture. ‘The Barotse are situated on the dividing line 
between these two types of civilization, consequently we find what may 
he expected,— a people who are engaged in both agriculture and cattle 
raising. ‘The raising of cattle, however, is almost entirely in the hands 
of the king and the various chiefs, practically no one being allowed to 
own cattle except the few head men. ‘These cattle are the chief source 
for revenue for the native kingdom. ‘The food of the common people 
is chiefly milk and the products of their gardens. While the men 
sometimes clear the fields, agriculture is almost entirely the work of the 
A HOE FROM KHAMA'S KINGDOM, BECHUANALAND 
The blade is about 2 feet long 
women. ‘The chief agricultural implement is the hoe. The hoe of 
Bechuanaland is a large leaf-shaped iron blade in a short wooden handle, 
while the hoes in Barotseland have small thin metal blades, similar to 
modern American hoes. ‘Che products of their fields are Kaffir corn 
(a kind of millet), Indian corn and yams. The villages are groups of 
circular, thatched huts, often clustered around the cattle kraal of a chief. 
‘These people are skilled in the manufacture of pottery and wooden 
vessels. ‘The wooden vessels are carved from tree trunks, hollowed 
out with the adze and finished with a peculiar hooked knife. ‘The 
