MONYAMA 'S KRAAL. 5 1 



bear to be left alone for a moment, and would cry 

 like a child in such a case. The company even of a 

 little child would content it. 



"September Jth. — Breakfast with Lee; dinner 

 also. One of his boys caught some barbel and a 

 curious-looking fish in the river. Talked with Lee, 

 and afterwards saw his garden. Inspanned about 

 8 p.m., and soon crossed a river with sand and reeds, 

 and a good deal of water in its bed. It was a fine 

 moonlight night, the road winding through pictur- 

 esque kopjes. Went about six miles, and then 

 halted for the night. 



"September St/i. — Started at 7 A.M., and went 

 four miles through flat land, with but few trees, and 

 hemmed in by craggy, bush-covered kopjes. Came 

 in sight of cultivated land and natives, and reached 

 Monyama's kraal at 9 a.m. The country here is 

 really pretty, and presents a pleasing variety to the 

 eye. The ground is open mostly, and covered with 

 long yellow grass ; here and there groups of trees, 

 some of a very fair size, some bare, some brown, 

 and a few green or in blossom. Large stones crop 

 up from the ground, and everywhere rugged kopjes 

 rise round us. 



" Soon after our arrival Monyama came, at- 

 tended by another old fellow, each in a shabby old 

 hat, and vying with each other in squalor and dirt. 

 He refused firmly to send to the king till to-morrow, 

 saying the king had not sent for me, but I had come 

 of my own accord and must not be in a hurry ; the 

 oxen could feed and rest. I gave him a bar of lead. 



