1884.] 
Among the Barotse. 
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valley in great numbers for Shesheke. Sepopo was told of his 
danger, but would not believe it. At the last moment he fled for 
his Hfe, when a bullet from one of his own attendants killed him. 
The Barotse then put into the chieftainship Wanawena, son of 
Mokobeso, elder brother of Sepopo. He laid a plan to revenge 
Sepopo's death, and to kill all the leaders in the rebellion. 
He was met, however, by a new king, Leboshe or Liwanika, 
and after a tough fight was driven back, and one of his servants 
killed him, to avenge himself of his brother's death. Liwanika's 
next exploit was to kill off a number of Mambunda, who he 
thought were in favour of some other chief. He next waged 
war against the Mashukulumbe, and captured many of their 
cattle. Yet Liwanika is a mean-spirited and trembling fellow. 
He seems to have been carried on by a crowd of leaders, 
but is himself no leader or ruler. Almost daily he quarrels 
with his "officers of state," and they taunt each other, and I 
fear the end will be another king-killing. 
REASONING WITH LIWANIKA. 
Lealui, January isf, 1884. — Had a long talk with the king this 
evening about the stars and the sun. He then wanted to know 
where God dwelt, and what He did with man when dead. I 
answered that God was not confined to one place, as we are ; 
that when man's body died, the spirit of him who was a child of 
God went above and dwelt for ever in the presence of God, and 
those whom God knew not here in this life were cast out into a 
place of sorrow and burning. 
"But why does God do so?" he asked. "What reason has 
He for putting man from Him?" I explained to him something 
of the righteousness of God ; that He could in no wise clear the 
guilty. The king argued that here they did not know God's 
laws. How then could God punish them for not keeping them ? 
I answered that God having planted His law in their hearts, they 
all knew what was right, and what was wrong. " You know," said 
I, " when a man lies to your face and steals from you that 
he injures you, and you call him bad and wicked. So when you 
to-morrow do the same thing, God judges you with the same 
judgment with which you judged your fellow-creature yesterday." 
His only answer was, " Yes, that is true ; that I understand." 
