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which I had to let him see did not meet my 

 approval. 



" Some of the girls who came to-day were very 

 profusely ornamented with beads. The thickly - 

 matted hair, plastered together with black wax-like 

 cement, is disposed of in three principal locks ; one 

 falling over the forehead to between the eyes, and 

 one in front of each ear, surmounted with brass 

 rings. The ears are pierced with small rings. 

 Round the neck hang massive chains of beads, taste- 

 fully arranged and blended. A leather kaross, or 

 dressed skin, is worn as a robe, and this is hung 

 with long strings of beads ; long strings of beads, 

 too, hang round the hips, and in front are long strips 

 of leather. Round the waist are numerous brass 

 rings and bead rings also. The girls are by no 

 means shy. 



" To-day poor Mozanga told me of some trouble 

 he was in, and I thought he complained of a beating ; 

 but it seemed he had heard of the death of the 

 induna of the kraal where I engaged him, a young 

 man, who they say died in the Zambesi hunting- 

 veldt. He must have gone there at a very un- 

 healthy time. Mozanga wept bitterly ; he is a very 

 kind-hearted boy. 



" I went with Umfanimboozi to shoot some birds, 

 whilst the oxen, which had got loose, were being 

 fetched, and went through some tobacco 'gardens.' 

 The pink blossoms and green leaves are very 

 pretty. . . ." 



This same afternoon (June 21st) the traveller 



