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MODE OP SALUTATION. 
wator-carringo, sho represented that her brothor did no? 
live near the river, and, moreovor, there was a cataract in 
front, over which it would bo difficult to convey tho canoes 
Sho was afraid, too, that the Balobalc, whoso country lies 
to tho west of tho river, not knowing the objects for which 
wo nad como, would kill us. To my reply that X had been 
so often threatened with death if I visitod a now trite 
that I was now moro afraid of killing any one than of 
boing killed, sho rejoined that tho Balobalo would not kill 
mo, but tho Makololo would all bo sacrificed as their ono- 
mies. This produced considerable effect on my companions, 
and inclined them to tho plan of Nyamoana, of going- to 
tho town of her brother rather than ascending tho Lcoba. 
Tho arrival of Mancnko herself on tho scene throw so 
much weight into tho scalo on their side that I was forced 
to yield tho point. 
Mancnko was a tall, strapping woman about twenty, dis- 
tinguished by a profusion of ornaments and medicines hung 
round her person; tho lattor aro supposed to act as charms. 
Her body was smeared all over with a mixture of fat and 
rod ochre, a» a protection against tho weather; a necessary 
precaution, for, like most of tho Balonda ladies, sho was 
otherwise in a state of frightful nudity. This was not from 
want of clothing; for, being a ohiof, sho might havo been 
as well clad as any- of her subjects, but from her peculiar 
ideas of eloganco in dress. When sho arrived with hoi 
husband, Sambanza, they listened for sorao timo to the 
statements I was making to tho pcoplo of Is’yamoana, aftei 
which tho husband, acting as spokesman, commenced an 
oration, stating tho reasons for their coming; and, during 
every two or three seconds of tho delivery 7 , ho picked up a 
little sand and rubbed it on the upper part of his arms 
and chest. This is a common mode of salutation in Londa; 
and when they wish to bo excessively polite thoy bring 
a quantity 7 of ashes or pipo-clay in a picco of skin, and, 
taking up handfuls, rub it on the chest and upper front 
part of each arm ; others, in saluting, drum tho'r ribs with 
