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The last lines (from Tau . . .) may be rendered : — 
The roaring lion of the flood of peoples, 
Descending from the smooth rocks of the monkeys, 
Roaring and hastening to divide the spoil. 
When he arrived at Selitlwe, 
He roared, and then silenced his voice, 
This lion of the Hyenas. 
(Pilane's circumcision regiment were called the Hyenas, maFiri.) 
After this my informant adds : 
Nwaketse babeli bale ba kgopywa ba wa, ba kgopywa 
ke ese ke be gaufi : etlare go le ke atamela Pilane, 
rumo le tla nwa mali a Setate, ntsi e tla nwa 
bobete, Pilane, segen ga Nwaketse a Morara ntwerl. 
This means : 
Those two BaNwaketse are trembling and fall before 
I could be near. Now, when I Pilane approach, 
the spear shall drink Setate's blood, and I Pilane, 
as a fly, shall drink his gore, in a lake at the 
place of Nwaketse, descendant of Morara — -in battle 
(in which Pheto has sent his son P. to aid the 
Bakwena. Setate is a Ngwaketse). 
No. 7. Sekgatla Praises by Seatile Meshake Lebotse, praising himself : 
Ke rile ka bopyoa senare, ka ba ka bopyoa setau, moroa kgosi ; 
When I was formed, I was formed with the nature of the wild ox and the 
lion, a King's son ; 
phatlana ea nna mokgeletsanyana, meritsana ea ea le litomego : 
my forehead has a groove, with the hair following the cupping-mark : 
ke palame kota ka bala motse ka re : " Se ga se motse, motsana. 
I climbed a tree-stump, I took stock of the Stad, and said : This is no 
town, but a village : 
Ntoa e ka tla nasuta, e ka suta : ke apere metja, ke ila lerole 
War may come nigh, yea, come nigh." I put on my kilts, I shun the dust 
ka makutung, ke sa gate lefatshe, ke ila le motho a nkgoma 
from the feet ; nor do I kick up the earth, I shun the touch of men 
ke feta, ke be ke tsitsibane, ke be ke batle go omana, 
in passing, I condemn, and am apt to curse, 
potepote le motho, ke mmolaee, ke mo tseela thebe. 
and to chase one in and out, that I may slay him, and may take from him 
his shield. 
