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true oratorical style, belabouring lier own servants as well for 

 allowing the offence, and, as usual in more civilized feminine 

 lectures, she leaned over tlie objects of her ire, and screamed 

 forth all their faults and failings ever since they were born, and 

 her despair of ever seeing them become better, until they were 

 all " killed by alligators." Masiko's people followed the plan of 

 receiving this torrent of abuse in silence, and, as neither we nor 

 they had anything to eat, we parted next morning. In reference 

 to 3Iasiko selling slaves to the Mambari, they promised to ex- 

 plain the relationship which exists between even the most abject 

 of his people and our common Father ; and that no more kid- 

 napping ought to be allowed, as he ought to give that peace and 

 security to the smaller tribes on liis eastern borders, which he so 

 much desired to obtain himself from the Makololo ; we promised 

 to return through his town when we came back from the sea- 

 coast 



Manenko gave us some manioc-roots in the morning, and had 

 determined to carry our baggage to her uncle's, Kabompo or 

 Shinte. We had heard a sample of what she could do with her 

 tongue ; and as neither my men nor myself had much inclination 

 to encounter a scolding from tins black Mrs. Caudle, we made 

 ready the packages ; but she came and said the men whom she 

 had ordered for the service had not yet come ; they would 

 arrive to-morrow. Being on low and disagreeable diet, I felt 

 annoyed at tins further delay, and ordered the packages to be 

 put into the canoes to proceed up the river without her servants ; 

 but Manenko was not to be circumvented in this way ; she came 

 forward with her people, and said her uncle would be angry if 

 she did not cany forward the tusks and goods of Sekeletu, seized 

 the luggage, and declared that she would cany it in spite of 

 me. My men succumbed sooner to this petticoat government 

 than I felt inclined to do, and left me no power ; and, being 

 unwilling to encounter her tongue, I was moving off to the 

 canoes, when she gave me a kind explanation, and, with her 

 hand on my shoulder, put on a motherly look, saying, " Now, 

 my little man, just do as the rest have done." My feelings of 

 annoyance of course vanished, and I went out to try and get 

 some moat. 



The only game to be found in these parts are, the zebra, the 



