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speaker, now I would leave the task of speaking to thorn. 
1‘itsane then delivered a speech of upward of an hour in 
longth, giving a highly-flattoring picturo of the wliolo jour- 
ney, of tho kindness of tho white men in general, and of 
Air. Gabriel in particular. Ho concluded by saying that I 
bad done more for them than they expected ; that I had not 
only opened up a path for them to tho other whito men, 
but conciliated all the chiefs along tho route. The oldest 
•nan present roso and answered this speech, and, among 
other things, alluded to tho disgust I felt at the Makololo 
for engaging in marauding-expeditions against Lochulatobe 
and Sobolamakwaia, of which we had heard from tho first 
persons wo met, and which my companions most energeti- 
cally denounced as “ mashuo hola,” entirely bad. Ho en- 
treated mo not to lose heart, but to reprove Sekolotu as my 
child. Another old man followed with tho same entreaties. 
The following day we obsorved as our thanksgiving to 
God for his goodness in bringing us all back in safety to 
our friends. My men docked thomselvos out in their bost, 
and I found that, although their goods woro finished, thoy 
bad managed to savo suits of European clothing, which, 
being white, with their red caps, gavo them rathor a dash- 
1D g appearance. Thoy tried to walk like tho soldiors thoy 
bad scon in Loanda, and called themselves my “braves,” 
(batlabani.) During tho service thoy all sat with their 
guns over their shoulders, and excited tho unbounded admi- 
ration of tho women and children. I addressed them all 
on tho goodness of God in preserving us from all the 
dangers of strango tribes and disoaso. We had a similar 
aervico in tho afternoon. Tho men gavo us two fino oxen 
for slaughter, and tho women supplied us abundantly with 
rnilk, meal, and butter. It was all quite gratuitous, and I foil 
ashamod that I could mako no roturn. My men explained 
the total expenditure of our moans, and tho Libontose 
answered, gracefully, “It doos not matter : you havo oponed 
a path for us, and wo shall havo sleop.” Strangers came 
