160 MANENKO A SCOLD. 



his people kidnapped from small neighboring tribes. "When 

 the question was put whether his people had been in 

 the habit of molesting the Makololo by kidnapping their 

 servants and stealing canoes, it was admitted that two 

 of his men, when hunting, had gone to the Makololo 

 gardens, to see if any of their relatives were there. As 

 the great object in all native disputes is to get both parti( s 

 to turn over a new leaf, I explained the desirableness of 

 forgetting past feuds, accepting the present Makololo pro- 

 fessions as genuine, and avoiding in future to give them 

 any cause for marauding. I presented Masiko with an ox 

 furnished by Sekeletu as provision for ourselves. 



We were now without any provisions, except a small 

 dole of manioc-roots each evening from Nyamoana, which, 

 when eaten raw, produce poisonous effects. A small loaf, 

 made from nearly the last morsel of maize-meal from Li- 

 bonta, was my stock, and our friends from Masiko were 

 still more destitute; yet we all rejoiced so much at their 

 arrival that we resolved to spend a day with them. The 

 Barotse of our party, meeting with relatives and friends 

 among the Barotse of Masiko, had many old tales to tell ; 

 and, after pleasant hungry converse by day, we regaled 

 our friends with the magic lantern by night; and, in order 

 to make the thing of use to all, we removed our camp up 

 to the village of Nyamoana. This is a good means of 

 arresting the attention and conveying important facts to 

 the minds of these people. 



When erecting our sheds at the village, Manenko fell 

 upon our friends from Masiko in a way that left no doubt 

 on our minds but that she is a most accomplished scold. 

 Masiko had, on a former occasion, sent to Samoana for 

 a cloth, — a common way of keeping up intercourse, — and, 

 after receiving it, sent it back, because it had the appear- 

 ance of having had " witchcraft-medicine" on it : this was 

 a grave offence, and now Manenko had a good excuse for 

 venting her spleen, the ambassadors having called at her 

 village and slept in one of the huts without leave. If hei 



