50 MATABELE LAND. 
conquered these first Kafirs. Makobi's were Mung- 
wato people, but the old Inhabitants of the Mata- 
bele country were a distinct race with a distinct 
language. The Bushmen have nothing to do with 
either. They seem an altogether different race, 
speaking a different language, and seem, Lee says, 
to be scattered all over the country of South Africa, 
a race apart from the regular inhabitants, and hav- 
ing no connexion with them. 
" Lee has a young sable antelope, which goes 
with the cattle, about a year old. It is a rich deep 
chestnut colour. Lee says they get darker every 
year, till they become black. He once had a young 
elephant for some days ; perhaps nine months old. 
He describes it as having been a most sensible and 
amusing pet. When first taken he made it put its 
trunk under his arm, and after smelling him, it was 
satisfied and became friendly. It always first smelt 
at strangers before making friends, and if once 
repulsed would not be friendly afterwards. It would 
climb in at the back of the waggon, and out at the 
front by the wheels, and was accompanying the 
waggon when it died from diarrhoea, caused by 
improper food. It would pick up a pin or a needle, 
placing it first with its foot at the right angle for its 
trunk to grasp, and then hold it up and examine it 
with wonderful sagacity. It was excessively mis- 
chievous, and would upset everything. It could not 
bear to be left alone for a moment, and would cry 
like a child in such a case. The company even of a 
little child would content it. 
