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had received me kindly, and we had parted good 

 friends. 



The effect of this was a message to say that if I 

 would come by myself, without arms, the chief's brother 

 would " look at me," and if he thought I was all right 

 I and my party would be admitted. Not seeing the 

 fun of that little game, I sent back a refusal to the 

 invitation ; intimating, however, that if the chief's bro- 

 ther would meet me by himself, unarmed, half way, 

 I would do the same by him, and he might ^' look 

 at me" as much as he pleased. The result was another 

 impertinent message, which could not be better trans- 

 lated than by the words " Be off." So I determined 

 to try and frighten them (against the wishes of the 

 Makololos, who being m a great rage, wanted me 

 to fire on them at once), and sending one of my men 

 about a hundred yards to the front, made him say 

 that we were going to commence hostilities. Telling 

 the Makololos to load their guns, I took the corno- 

 pean from its case and played " Bonny Dundee." The 

 effect set us all into fits of laughter. The terrified war- 

 riors fled in every direction, several rushing down and 

 crossing the river, while the remainder either ran into 

 the surrounding jungle, or disappeared in the village. 

 Chippootoola, in a state of great excitement, fired off 

 his gTin in the air, much to my annoyance. 



" Come," said Moloka, " come quick, and burn these 

 dog-houses ! " This I refused to do, but followed by 

 my whole party, with Moloka, Chinsoro, and Chippoo- 

 toola at their head, I advanced cautiously towards the 

 huts. Hearing or seeing nobody, we entered the vil- 

 lage, which proved to be entirely deserted. 



