Chap. XXIV. 



KATEMA'S HERD — JACKDAWS. 



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a breakdown, had he not been accustomed to it. We were very 

 much pleased with Katema ; and next day he presented us with 

 a cow, that we might enjoy the abundant supplies of meal he had 

 given with good animal food. He then departed for the hunting- 

 ground, after assuring me that the town and everything in it were 

 mine, and that his factotum, Shakatwala, would remain and attend 

 to every want, and also conduct us to the Leeba. 



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On attempting to slaughter the cow Katema had given, we 

 found the herd as wild as buffaloes ; and one of my men having 

 only wounded it, they fled many miles into the forest, and were 

 with great difficulty brought back. Even the herdsman was afraid 

 to go near them. The majority of them were white, and they 

 were all beautiful animals. After hunting it for two days, it was 

 despatched at last by another ball. Here we saw a flock of jack- 

 daws, a rare sight in Londa, busy with the grubs in the valley > 

 which are eaten by the people too. 



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