LOBENGULA'S COURT. 



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lying about. To complete the picture, a white trader 

 or two should be introduced, not above crouching 

 before his sable majesty, who sits there in his broad- 

 brimmed black felt hat, pipe in mouth (a small briar- 

 root, worth perhaps 2d. at home), cotton shirt not 

 over clean, unbraced baggy trousers, and large 

 clumsy shoes, a benignant smile generally on his 

 black face." 



The day after this the king took his departure 

 for another place, John Lee left for Mr. Thomson's, 

 and Frank Oates started back to Tati. 



MUSICAL INSTRUMENT — MASHONA AND ZAMBESI TRIBES. 



