CHAPTER V. 
Stay at Gubuleweyo— New Year's Day — The Great Dance — Cattle 
slaughtered — Departure of the king; the royal procession — A 
dispute referred to him — Lobengula's court. 
Frank Gates remained at Gubuleweyo or in its 
immediate neighbourhood some time — from Decem- 
ber 5th 1873 to January 26th 1874. This was 
considerably longer than he had originally intended, 
but he was partly detained by the weather, which, 
besides being close and oppressive, was for a long 
time very wet and unfavourable for travelling, and 
partly that he might see the Great Dance, which 
took place in the early part of January. After this 
some trouble with his servants still further delayed 
him, as the case of one of them had to be taken 
before the king. He was able, however, meantime 
to make some additions to his collections of birds 
and other objects of natural history, though owing 
to the state of the weather he attempted little 
hunting ; indeed, near the kraal, large game was 
invariably scarce and wild. 
The incidents of the first part of his stay — until 
the end of December — were apparently of little in- 
