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young man skulking. It seems that Msidi had ordered him 
some days before to join a war party that had already gone out, 
and as it was his third or fourth offence Msidi ordered his 
immediate execution. This shows the severity of Msidi's rule. 
HOW HEARERS WERE OBTAINED. 
After formally saluting the king I went on to Likoko's town, 
where I slept for the night, and we were entertained with their 
best. We reached Kalolo in the afternoon of the next day. 
The people there were very hearty indeed in their greeting, and, 
instead of bringing me food uncooked as before, they all took to 
cooking, so delighted were they to observe that, on my last visit, 
I ate their native food, and had no supernatural ways of existing. 
About five in the afternoon a woman came with a dish of thick 
porridge, and small pot of ombelela, or relish, which is often made 
of cooked beans or other things calculated to give the food a 
taste. In a short time another came laden in the same way, and 
then another, until for about half an hour there was a constant 
stream of women bringing to my hut dishes of cooked food. 
The whole village had brought me their own suppers, and all 
were assembled in the yard outside, evidently intending to partake 
of my feast. I at once fell into their little plan, called in my 
own boys, and told them to carry the food out and lay it before the 
people, so that I became their entertainer, and all were my guests 
for the evening. Remaining with them the next day, I had a 
pleasant and profitable time. There was a general holiday, and 
about a dozen young men offered to accompany me for the rest 
of the journey. Remembering the happy time I had at the 
Lukuruwe with the crowd who gathered to my camp when I 
killed the two hippopotami, I thought I would adopt the same 
plan with these young men. We started into the bush, built a 
camp in the neighbourhood of the Lufira river, where there was 
plenty of game, and we spent six days together. Others joined 
our company from the neighbouring villages. Sufficient food was 
supplied to them, and the young men attended to their own 
cooking, and everything that was needful. I embraced every 
opportunity of explaining to them the truths of Scripture, and 
all appeared intensely interested in our morning and evening 
readings. 
