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MANENKO A SCOLD. 
his people kidnapped from small neighboring tribes. When 
tho question was put whether his pooplo had boon in 
tho habit of molosting the Makololo by kidnapping thoir 
servants and stealing canoes, it was admittod that two 
of his men, when hunting, had gone to tho Makololo 
gardens, to soo if any of their relatives woro thoro. As 
tho great object in all native disputes is to get both parties 
to turn over a now leaf, I explained the desirableness of 
forgotting past feuds, accepting the present Makololo pro- 
fessions as genuino, and avoiding in future to givo them 
any cause for marauding. I presented Masiko with an ox 
fhrnished by Sekelotu as provision for ourselves. 
Wo were now without any provisions, oxcopt a small 
dole of manioc-roots each evening from Nyamoana, which, 
when eaten raw, produco poisonous effects. A small loaf, 
mado from nearly tho last morsel of maize-meal from Li- 
bonta, was my stock, and our friends from Masiko woro 
still inoro destitute; yet wo all rojoiccd so much at their 
arrival that wo resolved to spend a day with them. Tho 
Barotso of our party, meeting with relatives and friends 
among tho Barotso of Masiko, had many old talcs to toll; 
and, after pleasant hungry converse by day, wo rogalod 
our friends with tho magic lantern by night; and, in order 
to make tho thing of use to all, wo removed our camp U P 
to tho villago of Nyamoana. This is a good means of 
arresting tho attention and convoying important facts to 
tho minds of theso people. 
When erecting our sheds at tho villago, Manenko foil 
upon our friends from Masiko in a way that left no doubt 
on our minds but that sho is a most accomplished scold. 
Masiko had, on a former occasion, sent to Samoana f° r 
a cloth,— a common way of keeping up intorcourso,— and 
after receiving it, sent it back, because it had tho appear- 
ance of having had “ witchcraft-modicino” on it: this was 
a grave offcnco, and now Manenko had a good oxcuso for 
vonting her spleen, tho ambassadors having called at her 
villago and slept in one of tho huts without leave. W hel 
