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of Benguella to the slaves of the Portuguese. The natives of the Upper 

 Zambesi have somehow got hold of this name, and apply it to all native 

 traders from Bihe and Bailundu as well as to the slaves of the Portuguese. 



13. Page 64, /. 37. — When pressed by hunger, or because of debt, 

 parents have been known to sell their children. The law of "mother 

 right " so prevails among some of the interior tribes that the children are at 

 the disposal of their maternal uncles, unless redeemed by their fathers from 

 them. The uncle readily parts with the children when the trader comes 

 along with his guns and calico, and in this way, more than in any other, the 

 slave markets are fed. 



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14. Page 70, /. 7. — The old waggon route from Cape Town to Kuruman 

 lay a little to the west of the railway track from Cape Town to Kimberley. 



15. Page 74, last line. — The Bantu tribes in the interior are better 

 mechanics than those living in South Africa, who have not only wandered 

 further away from their original home and starting-point, but have thrown 

 away any little knowledge they may have had of the arts as so much 

 unnecessary burden. 



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16. Page 85, last line. — In 1892 a missionary, Mr. Joseph Lynn, of 

 London, died of hydrophobia in Bihe, West Central Africa. He and 

 Dr. W. Fisher were bitten by the same dog; Dr. Fisher recovered, and 

 Mr. Lynn died within two months. M. Coillard also writes about a regular 

 epidemic of hydrophobia breaking out in the Barotse Valley about the 

 same time. 



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17. Page 94, /. 15. — A few years ago a traveller near Lake Mweru came 

 upon a cow elephant that had just been pulled down by six lions, all 

 attacking together. The elephant's teeth were small for her size, and on 

 this account she was not so well able to defend herself. 



18. Page 100, /. 2. — Leina means "name." The names of African 

 chiefs are usually sentences, the first word of which is used "for short." 

 Mushide, the Garenganze chief, was known by the following names : — 



Mushide wa vantu vonso =The soul of all men. 



Sokontwe wa lamata vagene = The sticking weed that clings to the 



traveller. 



Kangunguala kasala mitenge =The whirlwind that unroofs the house. 



Kashika vomi =The burier of the living. 



Kapuya sava manso =The eye destroyer. 



Muenda pa vantu =He goeth among the people. 



Komesia wa vilolo = The strengthener of his dependencies. 



Citavatava wa mena pe sanga =The sycamore tree that sprouted in 



the Sanga country (to give bark 

 for the clothing of the people). 



