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tiie only one of the party who had brought a wife from Tette, 

 namely, the girl whom he obtained from Chisaka for his 

 feats of dancing. According to our ideas, his first wife could 

 hardly have been pleased at seeing the second and younger 

 one ; but she took her away home with her, while the husband 

 remained with us. In going down to the Fall village we 

 met several of the real Makololo. They are lighter in colour 

 than the other tribes, being of a rich warm brown ; and they 

 speak in a slow deliberate manner, distinctly pronouncing 

 every word. On reaching the village opposite Kalai, we had 

 an interview with the Makololo headman, Mashotlane : he 

 came to the shed in which we were seated, a little boy car- 

 rying his low three-legged stool before him : on this he sat 

 down with becoming dignity, looked round him for a few 

 seconds, then at us, and, saluting us with "Bmnela" (good 

 morning, or hail), he gave us some boiled hippopotamus 

 meat, took a piece himself, and then handed the rest to his 

 attendants, who soon ate it up. He defended his forays on 

 the ground that, when he went to collect tribute, the Batoka 

 attacked him, and killed some of his attendants. The ex- 

 cuses made for their little wars are often the very same as 

 those made by Caesar in his ' Commentaries.' Few admit, 

 like old Moshobotwane, that they fought because they had 

 the power, and a fair prospect of conquering., We found 

 here Pitsane, who had accompanied the Doctor to St. Paul 

 de Loanda. He had been sent by Sekeletu to purchase three 

 horses from a trading party of Griquas from Kuruman, who 

 charged nine large tusks apiece for very wretched animals. 



In the evening, when all w r as still, one of our men, Takelang, 

 fired his musket, and cried out, " I am weeping for my wife : 

 my court is desolate : I have no home ; " and then uttered a 

 loud wail of anguish. 



