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shed a tear. It would have been " tlolo," or trans- 

 gression. Weeping, such as Dr. Kane describes among 

 the Esquimaux, is therefore quite unknown in that 

 country. But I have witnessed instances like this : 

 Baba, a mighty hunter — the interpreter who accompanied 

 Captain Harris, and who was ultimately killed by a 

 rhinoceros — sat Hstening to the gospel in the church at 

 Kuruman, and the gracious words of Christ, made to 

 touch his heart, evidently by the Holy Spirit, melted 

 him into tears ; I have seen him and others sink down to 

 the ground weeping. When Baba was lying mangled by 

 the furious beast which tore him off his horse, he shed 

 no tear, but quietly prayed as long as he was conscious. 

 I had no hand in his instruction : if these Batoka ever 

 become like him, and they may, the influence that effects 

 it must be divine. 



A very large portion of this quarter is covered with 

 masuka-trees, and the ground was so strewed with the 

 pleasant fruit, that my men kept eating it constantly, as 

 we marched along. We saw a smaller kind of the same 

 tree named Molondo, the fruit of which is about the size 

 of marbles, having a tender skin, and slight acidity of 

 taste mingled with its sweetness. Another tree which is 

 said to yield good fruit is named Sombo, but it was not 

 ripe at this season. 



December 6th. — We passed the night near a series of 

 villages. Before we came to a stand under our tree, a 

 man came running to us with hands and arms firmly 

 bound with cords behind his back, entreating me to 

 release him. When I had dismounted, the head-man of 

 the village advanced, and I inquired the prisoner's offence. 

 He stated that he had come from the Bashukulompo as 

 a fugitive, and he had given him a wife and garden, and a 

 supply of seed ; but on refusing a demand for more, the 

 prisoner had threatened to kill him, and had been seen the 

 night before, skulking about the village, apparently with 

 that intention. I declined interceding, unless he would 

 confess to his father-in-law, and promise amendment. 

 He at first refused to promise to abstain from violence, 

 but afterwards agreed. The father-in-law then said that 

 he would take him to the village and release him, but 

 the prisoner cried out bitterly, " He will kill me there ; 

 don't leave me, white man." I ordered a knife, and one 

 of the villagers released him on the spot. His arms 



