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THE BAKWAIN COUNTRY 
CHAPTER I. 
UK LIVINGSTONE A MISSIONARY IN THE BAKWAIN COUNTRY 
TnE general instructions I received from the Directors 
of the London Missionary Society led rao, as soon as I 
roached Kuruman or Lattakoo, then, as it is now, their 
farthest inland station from tho Capo, to turn my attention 
to the north. Without waiting longer at, Kuruman than 
was necessary to recruit tho oxen, which were protty well 
tired by the long journey from Algoa Bay, I proceeded, in 
company with another missionary, to the Balcucna or 
Bakwain country, and found Sechelo, with his tribe, located 
at Shokuane. Wo shortly after retraced our steps to Kuru- 
man ; but as tho objects in view were by no moans to bo 
attained by a temporary excursion of this sort, I determined 
to make a fresh start into tho interior as soon as possible. 
Accordingly, after resting threo months at Kuruman, which 
is a kind of head-station in tho country, I returned to a 
spot about fifteen miles south of Shokuane, called Lepclolo 
(now Litubaruba.) Hero, in order to obtain an accurate 
Knowledge of tho language, I cut myself off from all Eu- 
ropean society for about six months, and gainod by this 
Ordeal an insight into tho habits, ways of thinking, laws, 
and language of that section of tho Beehuanas called Buk- 
wains, which has proved of incalculable advantage in my 
intercourse with them over since. 
In this second journey to Lepoldlo — so called from a 
cavern of that name — I began preparations for a settle- 
ment, by making a canal to irrigato gardens, from a stream 
then flowing copiously, but now quite dry. When these 
preparations wero well advanced, I went northward to 
visit tho Bakria and Bamangwato, and tho Makalaka, living 
between 22° and 23° south latitudo. Tho Bakin Mountains 
had been visited betoro by a trader, who, with his people, 
all perished from fever. In going round the northern pari 
