STRANGE MODE OF SALUTATION. 
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The farthor we advanced the more wo fbund the country 
swarming with inhabitants. Great numbers came to see 
tbo white man, — a sight they had nover behold boforo. They 
always brought presents of maize and masuka. Thoit 
mode ot salutation is quito singular. They throw them 
solves on their backs on the ground, and, rolling from sid 
to side, slap tbo outside of thoir thighs as expressions of 
thankfulness and welcome, uttoring tho words “Kina 
bomba.” This method of salutation was to mo very dis- 
agreeable, and I nover could get reconciled to it. I callod 
°ut, “ Stop, stop! I don’t want that;” but thoy, imagining 
I was dissatisfied, only tumbled about more furiously and 
slapped their thighs with greater vigor. Tho men being 
totally unclothed, this performance imparted to my mind 
a painful sonso of thoir oxtreme degradation. My own 
Batoka were much more degraded than tho Barotse, and 
more reckless. Wo had to koop a strict watch, so as not 
to bo involved by their thioving from the inhabitants, in 
whoso country and power wo were. Wo had also to watch 
tho use they made of thoir tongues, for some within hear- 
ing of the villagers would say, “ I broke all tho pots of 
that village,” or “ I killed a man there.” Thoy were 
eager to recount their soldier-deeds whon they were in 
company with tho Makololo in former times as a conquer- 
mg army. They woro thus placing us in danger by thoir 
remarks. I called them together, and spoke to them about 
thoir folly, and gavo them a pretty plain intimation that 1 
meant to insist upon as complete subordination as I had 
secured in my formor journey, as being necessary for the 
safety of tho party. Happily, it nover was needful to 
resort to any other measure for their obodienco, as they al 
believed that I would onforee it. 
December 6. — Wo passed tho night near a serios of villages 
Before wo camo to a stand under our tree, a man came 
running to us with hands and arms firmly bound with 
cords behind his back, entreating mo to rcleaso him 
Whon 1 had dismounted, the bead-man of the village 
