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feed all the strangers who come on any special business to 
him and lake up their abode in his kotla. 
The Makololo cultivate a large extent of land around 
their villages. Those of them who arc real Basutos still 
retain the habits of that tribe, and may bo scon going out 
with their wives with their hoes in hand, — a state of thiuge 
never witnessed at Kolobong, or among any other Be- 
ehuana or Caffro tribo. The great chief Moshesh affords 
nnoxamplo to his people annually, by not only takingtlie hoe 
in hand, but working bard with it on certain public occasions. 
His Basutos are of the same family with tho Makololo to 
whom I refer. The younger Makololo, who liavo been 
accustomed from their infancy to lord it over tho conquered 
Makalaka, havo unfortunately no desire to imitate the 
agricultural tastes of their fathers, and expect their sub- 
jeets to perform all tho manual labor. They are tho aris- 
tocracy of tho country, and onco possessed almost unlimited 
power over their vassals. Their privileges were, howovor, 
much abi-idgcd by Sebituano himsolf. 
Tho tribes which Sebituano subjected in this great 
country pass by the general name of Makalaka. The Ma- 
kololo were composed of a great number of other tribes, 
as well as thcs« central negroes. The nucleus of the whole 
were Basuto, who camo with Sebituano from a compara- 
tively cold an 1 hilly region in the south. When ho con- 
quered various tribes of the Bcchuana3, as Bakwaius, 
Bangwakctze, Bamangwato, Batauana, &c., ho incorpo- 
rated tho young of theso tribes into his own. Great mor- 
tality by fever having taken place in tho original stock, he 
wisely adopted the same plan of absorption on a largo scale 
with tho Makalaka. So we found him with even tho sons 
of the chiefs of tho Barotso closely attached to his person; 
and they say to this day, if any thing else but natural 
death had assailed their father, every ono of them would 
havo laid down his life in his defence. Ono reason for thoif 
strong affection was their emancipation by the decree of 
Sebituano, “all are children of the chief.” 
