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KINDNESS OF THE MAKoujlu OHIEF. 
slatior ; for, though the herds are frequently thinned by 
epidemic disease, (jperipneuvion 'a,) they breed so fast that the 
losses are soon made good. Wherever else the Makololo 
go, they always leave a portion of their stock in the charge 
of herdsmen in that prolific valloy. Some of the younger 
men objected to removal because the rankness of the gras* 
at the Barotse did not allow of their running fast, and be- 
cause there “ it nevor becomes cool ” 
Sekoletu at last stood up, and, addressing me, said, “ I am 
perfectly satisfied as to the great advantages for trade of 
the path which you have opened, and think that we ought 
to go to the Barotse, in order to make the way from us to 
Loanda shorter; but with whom am I to live there? If 
you were coming with us, I would remove to-morrow; but 
now you aro going to the white man’s country to bring if* 
Robert, and when you return you will find me near to the 
spot on which yon wish to dwell.” I had then no ide* 
that any healthy spot existed in the country, and thought 
only of a convenient central situation, adapted for inter 
courso with the adjacent tribes and with the coast, such ** 
that near to the confluence of the Loeba and Leeambye. 
During the whole of my stay with the Makololo, Seko- 
lutu supplied my wants abundantly, appointing some co^* 
to furnish me with milk, and, when he went out to bunt, 
sent home ordors for slaughtered oxen to be given. Tb*f 
tho food was not given in a niggardly spirit may be inferred 
from the fact that when I proposed to depart on the 20th 
of October he protested against my going off in such * 
hot sun. “Only wait,” said ho, “for the first shower, and 
then I will let you go.” This was reasonable, for the ther- 
momotor, placed upon a doal box in the sun, roso to 188 • 
It stood at 108° in the shade by day, and 96° at sunset 
I still possessed Borne of the coffee which I had brought 
from Angola, and some of the sugar which I had left in t®* 
wagon. So long as the sugar lasted, Sekoletu favored 
with his company at meals; but the sugar soon came to * 
cloee The Makololo, as formerly mentioned, were * 
