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RECEPTION BE SHINTE 
Nyamoana stalked backward and forward in front of 
Shinto, and gave forth, in a loud voice, all they had been 
able to learn, either from myself or people, of my past his- 
tory and connection with tho Makololo ; the return of tb 
captives ; the wish to open tho country to trade ; tho Bible 
as a word from heaven; tho white man’s desire for the 
tribes to live in poaco : ho ought to have taught tho Ma- 
kololo that first, for tho Balonda never attacked them, yot 
they had assailed tho Balonda : perhaps ho is fibbing, per- 
haps not : they rather thought ho was ; but as tho Balonda 
had good hoarts, and Shinto had never dono harm to any 
ono, ho had hotter rccoivo tho whito man well, and send 
him on his way. Sambanza was gayly attired, and, be- 
sides a profusion of beads, had a cloth so long that a boy 
carried it aftor him as a train. 
Behind Shinto sat about a hundred women, clothed in 
their best, which happened to bo a profusion of red baizo 
Tho chief wife of Shinto, ono of tho Matebelo or Zulus, sat 
in front with a curious red cap on her hoad. During the 
intervals botwoon tho speeches, those ladies burst forth 
into a sort of plaintivo ditty; but it was impossible for any 
of us to catch whothor it was in praiso of tho speaker, of 
Shinto, or of themselves. This wns tho first timo I had 
over seen females present in a public assembly. In the 
south tho women aro not permitted to enter tho kotla, 
and, oven when invited to como to a religious sorvico thoro, 
would not ontor until ordorod to do so by tho chiof; hut 
horo thoy expressed their approbation by clapping their 
hands and laughing to different speakors; and Shinto fre- 
quently turned round and spoko to them. 
A party of musicians, consisting of throo drummers and 
four performers on tho piano, wont round tho kotla soveral 
timos, rogaling us with thoir music. Thoir drums are 
neatly carved from tho trunk of a troo, and havo a small 
holo in tho sido covered with a bit of spider’s web : the 
ends aro covorod with tho skin of an antolopo pegged on ; 
and, when thoy wish to tighten it, thoy hold it to tho fire 
