1 82 MATABELE LAND. 
that, says John ; a notion of John's which I had to 
let him see did not meet my approval. 
" Some of the girls who came to-day were very 
profusely ornamented with beads. The thickly- 
matted hair, plastered together with black wax-like 
cement, is disposed of (as I noted before) in three 
principal locks ; one falling over the forehead to be- 
tween the eyes, and one in front of each ear, sur- 
mounted with brass rings. The ears are pierced 
with small rings. Round the neck hang massive 
chains of beads, tastefully arranged and blended. A 
leather kaross, or dressed skin, is worn as a robe, and 
this is hung with long strings of beads. Long strings 
of beads too hang round the hips, and in front are 
long strips of leather. Round the waist are numer- 
ous brass rings and bead rings also. The girls are 
by no means shy. 
" To-day poor Mozanga told me of some trouble 
he was in, and I thought he complained of a beating, 
but it seemed he had heard of the death of the induna 
of the kraal where I engaged him, a young man, who 
they say died in the Zambesi hunting veldt. He 
must have gone there at a very unhealthy time. 
Mozanga wept bitterly ; he is a very kind-hearted 
boy. 
" I went with Umfanimboozi to shoot some birds, 
whilst the oxen, which had got loose, were being 
fetched, and went through some tobacco 'gardens.' 
The pink blossoms and green leaves are very 
pretty. . . ." 
This same afternoon (June 21st) the traveller 
