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their elbows ; whilo others still touch tho ground with one 
cheek after tho other, and clap thoir hands. Tho chiefs go 
through tho manoeuvre of rubbing tho sand on the arms, 
but only mako a feint of picking up some. When Sam- 
banza had finished his oration, ho rose up and showed hia 
ankles ornamontod with a bundlo of copper rings : had 
they been very heavy they would havo made him adopt a 
straggling walk. Somo chiefs havo really so many as to be 
forced, by the weight and size, to keep one foot apart from 
tho othor, tho weight boing a serious inconvcnionco in 
walking. Tho gontlomon like Sambanza, who wish to 
imitate their betters, do so in their walk; so you seo mon 
with only a few ounces of ornament on their legs strutting 
along as if thoy had double tho number of pounds. When 
I smiled at Sambanza’s walk, tho peoplo remarked, “ That 
is the way in which thoy show off their lordship in theso 
parts.” 
Manonko was quite decided in tho adoption of tho policy 
of friendship with tho Makololo which wo rccommondcd ; 
and, by way of cementing the bond, sho and her coun- 
sellors proposed that Kol'imbota should tako a wifo among 
them. Kolimbota, I found, thought favorably of tho pro- 
position, and it afterward led to his desertion from us. 
On tho evening of the day in which Manonko arrived, 
wo were delighted by tho appearance of Mosantu and an 
imposing embassy from Masiko. It consisted of all his 
under-cliiofs; and they brought a fino elephant’s tusk, two 
calabashes of honey, and a largo piece of blue baizo, as a 
present. Tho last was intended perhaps to show mo that 
he was a truly great chief, who had such stores of white 
men’s goods at hand that ho could afford to givo present* 
of them; it might also bo intended for Mosantu, for chiefs 
usually remomber tho servants : I gavo it to him. Masiko 
expressed delight, by his principal mon, at the return of 
tho captives, and at tho proposal of peace and allianco 
with tho Makololo. Ho stated that ho nover sold any of 
hia own peoplo to tho Mambari, but only captives whom 
