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commit themselves to its guidance are led to honey, and tc 

 it alone. 



On the 3d we crossed the river Mozuma, or river of Dila, 

 having travelled through a beautifully-undulating pastoral 

 country. To the south, and a little east of this, stands the 

 hill Taba Cheu, or " White Mountain/' from a mass of white 

 rock, probably dolomite, on its top. But none of the hills 

 are of any great altitude. 



At the river of Dila we saw the spot where Sebituane 

 lived, and Sekwebu pointed out the heaps of bones of cattle 

 which the Makololo had been obliged to slaughter after 

 performing a march with great herds captured from the 

 Batoka through a patch of the fatal tsetse. "When Sebi- 

 tuane saw the symptoms of the poison, he gave orders to 

 his people to eat the cattle. He still had vast numbers; 

 and when the Matebele, crossing the Zambesi opposite this 

 part, came to attack him, he invited the Batoka to take 

 repossession of their herds, he having so many as to be 

 unable to guide them in their flight. The country was at 

 that time exceedingly rich in cattle, and, besides pasturage, 

 it is all well adapted for the cultivation of native produce. 

 Being on the eastern slope of the ridge, it receives more 

 rain than any part of the westward. Sekwebu had been 

 instructed to point out to me the advantages of this posi- 

 tion for a settlement, as that which all the Makololo had 

 never ceased to regret. It needed no eulogy from Sek- 

 webu ; I admired it myself, and the enjoyment of good 

 health in fine open scenery had an exhilarating effect on 

 my spirits. The great want was population, the Batoka 

 having all taken refuge in the hills. We were now in the 

 vicinity of those whom the Makololo deem rebels, and felt 

 some anxiety as to how we should be received. 



On the 4th we reached their first village. Remaining at 

 a distance of a quarter of a mile, we sent two men to 

 inform them who we were and that our purposes were 

 peaceful. The head-man came and spoke civilly, but, when 

 nearly dark, the people of another village arrived and 



