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THE WALUNDA. 



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been hastily prepared, had already turned bad, afforded us ample 

 proof that we were in the track of his caravan. 



I spoke to him concerning the direction of his road, and 

 asked his object for marching south-south-east, when Bihe was 

 about west-south-west. He replied that it was a very good 

 road, and the only one he knew. 



My men were too frightened about the country in front to 

 follow me alone, and said that not one among them knew where 

 to find provisions or water, or could speak the languages of the 

 people we should meet. There was certainly much truth in 

 this, and knowing that, if I left Alvez, the greater part of my 

 men would desert me and follow him, I was driven to submit 

 to his guidance. 



July, 

 1875. 





VTLLAGE IN tTI.UNDA. 



The few people w^ho visited our camp were the first TValunda 

 I had seen, and a dirty, wild-looking race they appeared. 



The clothing of the men consisted of skin aprons, while the 

 women contented themselves with wearing a few shreds of 

 bark-cloth. 



Their wool was not worked up into any fashion, but simply 

 matted with dirt and grease, and they were remarkable for the 

 entire absence of ornament. 



There was nothing to show that they ever had dealings with 



