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Birds, as the Drongo shrike, and a bird very like the 

 grey linnet, with a thick reddish bill, assemble in very large 

 flocks now that it is winter, and continue thus till November, 

 or period of the rains. 



A very minute bee goes into the common small holes in 

 wormeaten wood to make a comb and lay its eggs, with a 

 supply of honey. There are seven or eight honey-bees of 

 small size in this country. 



A sphex may be seen to make holes in the ground, 

 placing stupified insects in them with her eggs ; another 

 species watches when she goes off to get more insects, and 

 every now and then goes in too to lay her eggs, I suppose 

 without any labour : there does not appear to be any 

 enmity between them. We remained a day to buy food for 

 the party, and eat our ox. 



1-Wi June. — March over well-wooded highlands with 

 dolomite rocks cropping out and trees all covered with 

 lichens, the watershed then changed to the south. 



15th June. — Very cold in mornings now (43°). Found 

 Moenempanda, Casembe's brother, on the Luluputa, a stream 

 twenty yards wide and flowing west. The Moenempanda 

 visited by the Portuguese was grandfather to this one, and 

 not at the same spot ; it is useless to put down the names of 

 chiefs as indicating geographical positions, for the name is 

 often continued, but at a spot far distant from the dwelling 

 of the original possessor. A slave tried to break out of his 

 slave- stick, and actually broke half an inch of tough iron 

 with his fingers ; the end stuck in the wood, or he would 

 have freed himself. 



The chief gave me a public reception, which was like that 

 of Casembe, but better managed. He is young, and very 

 handsome but for a defect in his eyes, which makes him 

 keep them half shut or squinting. He walked off in the 

 jaunty way all chiefs do in this country, to show the weight 

 of rings and beads on the legs, and many imitate this 



