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tribe had done them, which, having accomplished, they re- 

 turned quietly home." Such men of peace could not stand 

 before the Makololo, nor, of course, the more warlike Matebele,. 

 who coming afterwards drove even their conquerors, the Ma- 

 kololo, out of the country. Sebetuane, however, profiting by 

 the tactics which he had learned of the Batoka, inveigled a 

 large body of this new enemy on to another island, and after 

 due starvation there overcame the whole. A much greater 

 army of " Moselekatse's own" followed with canoes, but were 

 now baffled by Sebetuane's placing all his people and cattle 

 on an island and so guarding it that none could approach. 

 Dispirited, famished, borne down by fever, they returned to 

 the Falls, and all, except five, were cut off. 



But though the Batoka appear never to have had much 

 inclination to fight with men, they are decidedly brave 

 hunters of buffaloes and elephants. They go fearlessly close 

 up to these formidable animals, and kill them with large 

 spears. The Banyai, who have long bullied all Portu- 

 guese traders, were amazed at the daring and bravery 

 of the Batoka in coming at once to close quarters with the 

 elephant ; and Chisaka, a Portuguese rebel, having formerly 

 induced a body of this tribe to settle with him, ravaged all 

 the Portuguese villas around Tette. They bear the name 

 of Basimilongwe, and some of our men found relations among 

 them. Sininyane and Matenga also, two of our party, were 

 once inveigled into a Portuguese expedition against Mariano,, 

 by the assertion that the Doctor had arrived and had sent 

 for them to come down to Senna. On finding that they were 

 entrapped to fight, they left, after seeing an officer with a large 

 number of Tette slaves killed. 



The Batoka had attained somewhat civilized ideas, in plant- 

 ing and protecting various fruit and oil-seed yielding trees of 



