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iy, but as soon as he dies the power he built up is gone, and his 

 reign, having been one of terror, is not perpetuated. This, and 

 the want of literature, have prevented the establishment of any 

 great empire in the interior of Africa. Pingola effected his con- 

 quests by carrying numbers of smith's bellows with him. The 

 arrow-heads Avere heated before shooting into a town, and when a 

 wound was inflicted on either man or beast, great confusion en- 

 sued. After Pingola came Sebituane, and after him the Matebele 

 of Mosilikatse ; and these successive inroads have reduced the Ba- 

 toka to a state in which they naturally rejoice at the prospect of 

 deliverance and peace. 



We spent Sunday, the 10th, at Monze's village, who is consid- 

 ered the chief of all the Batoka we have seen. He lives near the 

 hill Kisekise, whence we have a view of at least thirty miles of 

 open undulating country, covered with short grass, and having but 

 few trees. These open lawns would in any other land, as well 

 as this, be termed pastoral, but the people have now no cattle, and 

 only a few goats and fowls. They are located all over the coun- 

 try in small villages, and cultivate large gardens. They are said 

 to have adopted this wide-spread mode of habitation in order to 

 give alarm should any enemy appear. In former times they lived 

 in large towns. In the distance (southeast) we see ranges of dark 

 mountains along the banks of the Zambesi, and are told of the ex- 

 istence there of the rapid named Kansala, which is said to impede 

 the navigation. The river is reported to be placid above that as 

 far as the territory of Sinamane, a Batoka chief, who is said to 

 command it after it emerges smooth again below the falls. Kan- 

 sala is the only rapid reported in the river until we come to Ke- 

 brabasa, twenty or thirty miles above Tete. On the north we 

 have mountains appearing above the horizon, which are said to be 

 on the banks of the Kafue. 



The chief Monze came to us on Sunday morning, wrapped in 

 a large cloth, and rolled himself about in the dust, screaming 

 "Kina bomba," as they all do. The sight of great naked men 

 wallowing on the ground, though intended to do me honor, was 

 always very painful ; it made me feel thankful that my lot had 

 been cast in such different circumstances from that of so many of 

 my fellow-men. One of his wives accompanied him ; she would 

 have been comely if her teeth had been spared ; she had a little 



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