NAL1ELE SANTURU. 119 



When we came to about 16° 16' S. latitude, the high 

 wooded banks seemed to leave the river, and no more 

 tsetse appeared. 



This visit was the first Sekeletu had made to these parts 

 since he attained the chieftainship. Those who had taken 

 part with Mpepe were consequently in great terror. 

 "When we came to the town of Mpepe's father, as he and 

 another man had counselled Mamochisane to put Sekeletu 

 to death and many Mpepe, the two were led forth and 

 tossed into the river. Nokuane was again one of the 

 executioners. When I remonstrated against human blood 

 being shed in the off-hand way in which they were pro- 

 ceeding, the counsellors justified their acts by the evidence 

 given by Mamochisane, and calmly added, "You see we 

 are still Boers : we are not yet taught." 



Naliele, the capital of the Barotse, is built on a mound 

 which was constructed artificially by Santuru, and was his 

 storehouse for grain. His own capital stood about five 

 hundred yards to the south of that, in what is now the 

 bed of the river. All that remains of the largest mound 

 in the valley are a few cubic yards of earth, to erect which 

 cost the whole of the people of Santuru the labor of many 

 yeai'S. The same thing has happened to another ancient 

 site of a town, Linangelo, also on the left bank. It would 

 seem, therefore, that the river 1 in this part of the valley 

 must be wearing eastward. 



Santuru, at whose ancient granary we are staying, was 

 a great hunter, and very fond of taming wild animals. 

 His people, aware of his taste, brought to him every young 

 antelope they could catch, and, among other things, two 

 young hippopotami. These animals gambolled in the river 

 by day, but never failed to remember to come up to JSTaliele 

 for their suppers of milk and meal. They were the wonder 

 of the country, till a stranger, happening to come to visit 

 Santuru, saw them reclining in the sun, and speared one 

 of them, on the supposition that it was wild. The same 

 unlucky accident happened to one of the cats I had brought 



