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Westbeech, the trader, in 1873 ; and the missionaries, travellers, and 

 hunters who visited the Zambesi in the years following owed much of 

 whatever footing they may have secured in the country to the late Mr. 

 George Westbeech. M. Francois Coillard has been the true successor of 

 Livingstone in these parts from a missionary's point of view. His work 

 began with his second visit to the Zambesi, in 1884. 



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63. Page 343, /. 27. — Dr. Livingstone, on his second visit to the falls, 

 fastened a stone and a piece of paper to a long line, with which to measure 

 the depth of the chasm. The Batoka have improved upon this, and now 

 say that Livingstone himself flew down to the bottom like a bird ! 



64. Page 344, /. 39. — Ur. Livingstone returned to Linyanti in i860, 

 and found Sekeletu a leper and his empire rapidly going to pieces. 

 The sick chief died shortly after Livingstone's visit, and his son and heir 

 being too young to rule, two uncles fought over the regentship. While 

 the Makololo were fighting the Barotse were arming, and led by Sepopo, 

 one of the family of their former chiefs, they killed off all the Makololo 

 men, even to the little boys, leaving only the women and girls. The 

 women, however, still received a great deal of the honour and respect 

 formerly paid to the Makololo men, and as they were all married to the 

 chiefs and headmen among the Barotse they ruled in all domestic matters. 

 The Sekololo language has prevailed, and has become more truly the 

 language of the country since the massacre of the Makololo men than 

 ever before. Sepopo was killed by his own men, and his nephew Nguana- 

 wina succeeded him for one short year ; he also was disposed of in the 

 same way. Then Loboshe or Liwanika was called to the kingship, and 

 he, after many ups and downs, has become at last fairly well established. 

 His capital has always been at Lea-luyi, in the Barotse Valley. Here it is 

 interesting to observe that luyi, or lui, means river. The proper name 

 for the Barotse is A-ruyi (literally, the river people) ; sing. : Mo-ruyi. 

 Se-ruyi is the name of their language ; Bo-ruyi, the abstract term used 

 when their customs and laws are referred to ; and Lea-luyi, as I have 

 already said, is the name of their ' ' place " by the river, or capital. 



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65. Page 373, /. 21. — The full name for the Kafue is Kafaukue. The 

 word means the digger or borer. Higher up it is called the Liengue. 



