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Sesuto and Sechwana Praises. 261 
Lithebe, re ne re sa li pege, re ne re li kgoagetsa feela 
The shields, we never hang them up, but just within reach we hitch them, 
re li pega mo mopiping. Ke nna mosimane oa Mokongoana oa Mamokoena 
oa Seroka. 
hanging upon the pipe tree. I am the youth of M. of Mamokoena's house, 
the daughter of S. 
(The penultimate sentence means the weapons are always ready.) 
No. 8. Setoutoe's Praises of Senelo, his grandfather, who went with the 
Mafiri regiment to Ngwato (being himself a lelima), saying : 
Ke e'o bona koa bana ba ea teng. I am going to see where they are going. 
Mamalima o ja ka legetla, o ja ka perepe ea legetla. Moth'o itaea ka 
patla oa 
Mamalima eats with a shell, she eats with a big spoon of shell. A man 
hits with 
Malima, o othibosetse chaba, li tla be li go lemoga, baSeame ka baRatlhagana. 
the stick, he of the M. (regt.) he prevents the enemies coming to gaze at him, 
both baS. and baR. (in B.P.). 
Ba re, " A ! merafe ea Boroa e bilioa fela, e le mapshega : A ! e bilioa fela. 
They say that the nations to the South (from Tvl.) are simply cowards. Ah ! 
(b) Ga le 'mone a Molefe (i.e. Senelo) : ga le mmone, o bapile le lona : 
You do not see M.'s son, he is by your side : 
a ea tshoga ka e le kgoelo e kgoeloga botlhatsana : 
it happened, as he darted from the bush, 
Mogale a phofa tsa kgaka, Mogale a liphofa, 
the hero of the kgaka's wings, the guinea-fowl feathers suit him well, 
li ea mo tshoanelatshoanetse_, mogats'a Nketso a Kgetse. (Note the rhyme.) 
the husband of N., child of Kg. (Senelo killed his cousin, also a hero : there- 
fore called Kgoelo the darter. Both were leaders of the Matlhako.) 
We pass from Lencwe's people to the Bakgatla ba Makau, between 
Rustenberg and Pretoria. Moewise (b. c. 1845, father of the present chief) 
and his brother Molikwe were sons of the old chief Leamoge, called in 
Dutch, for good reason, Sjambok ! (1828-88). 
No. 9. Sereto sa Seamoge : 
Kgomo e tshopha ke golile, I am an ox with spots and am grown, 
lilekana, ke golile, ke luma makg- the spots are equal, I am so big, I 
wata roar wherever I go (or hoarsely). 
I insert the interpretations given locally, even when I am not satisfied 
with them. I also preserve spelling as given, which is often an index to 
dialectical phonetic. 
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