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neck of a man, hanging by a thin leather strap. 
Hendrik says these eagles kill goats. Also bought 
ostrich feathers and eggs, milk and corn. We had 
outspanned. Presently resuming the journey, we 
crossed the third arm of the Lelongwe, and then the 
reedy bed of a spruit, where we dug in the sand, 
and found plenty of nice mineral-tasted water, which 
the men and dogs drank. Reached the site of an 
old kraal, Intembin, about noon. Hendrik calls these 
people ' Maholies.' They are far easier to deal with 
than the Matabele, take what you give them and are 
satisfied. They asked for red, but took blue, beads, 
and were delighted with red with white stripe. 
Stopped to rest at 1.15, and made another trek 
before night, finally stopping about 6 p.m. near a 
rather large river, with heavy sand in its bed. 
" October <^th. — Overcast, delicious day. Started 
at 7 A.M., and about 9 crossed the Tchangani — the 
largest river we have yet seen since leaving Inyati 
— and outspanned, continuing the journey in the 
afternoon for about three hours. This last trek 
was a very pleasant one, over falling ground. As 
we outspanned (about 4 p.m.), John told me that a 
'honey's (bees') nest' had been found by Hendrik. 
The boys went off, and it was found in the hollow 
trunk of a large tree, into which the bees went by a 
hole in the side of the tree. They put fire into the 
hole, having kindled a small one close to the tree, 
and then with an axe cut open the trunk. The bees 
seemed on the whole pretty quiet, and I don't think 
their sting can be bad, as the men seemed tolerably 
