FREEDOM OP SI'.CECH. 
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icad his men out; but they objected, saying, “Let us 
servnnts De Killed: you must not bo slain.” Thoso who 
said this were young Barotsc who had boon drilled to 
fighting by Sebituano, and used shields of ox-hido. They 
beat off the party of Limboa, ten being wounded and ten 
slain in the engagement. Limboa subsequently sent three 
slaves as a self-imposed fino to Masiko for attacking him. 
I succeeded in getting the Makololo to treat the messengers 
of Masiko well, though, as they regarded them as rebels, 
it was somewhat against the grain at first to speak civilly 
to them. 
Mpololo, attempting to justify an opposite lino of con- 
duct, told mo how they had flod from Sebituano, even 
though ho had given them numbers of cattlo after their 
subjection by his arms, and was rathor surprised to find that 
I was disposed to think more highly of them for having 
assorted their independence, ovon at the loss of milk. For 
this food all who havo boon accustomed to it from infancy 
in Africa havo an oxcossive longing. I pointed out how 
they might bo mutually beneficial to each other by the 
exchango of canoes and cattlo. 
There aro some very old Barotso living hero, who were 
tho companions of the old chief Santuru. These men, 
protected by their ago, wore very freo in their comments 
on tho “upstart” Makololo. One of them, for instance, 
interrupted my conversation one day with somo Makololo 
gentlemen with tho advice “not to believe them, for they 
wero only a sot of thieves;” and it was taken in quite a 
good-natured way. It is remarkable that none of the 
ancients hero had any tradition of an earthquake having 
occurred in this region. Their quick perception of events 
rocognizablo by tho senses, and rotentivoness of memory, 
render it probable that no perceptible movement of the 
eai th has taken place betwoen 7° and 27° S. in tho centre 
of tho continent during the last two centuries at least 
Thore is no appcaranco of recent fracture or disturbance 
of rocks to be seen in tho central country, oxcept tho fall 
