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INTERVIEW WITH MONZE. 
advanced, and 1 inquired the prisoner** offenco. He stated 
that ho had come from the Bashukulompo as a fugitive, and 
ho had given him a wife and garden and a supply of seed; 
but, on refusing a demand for more, the prisoner had 
threatened to kill him, and had been seen tho night before 
3kulking about tho village, apparently with that intention, 
t dcclinod interceding unless ho would confess to his father 
in-law, and promise amendment. Ho at first refused to 
promise to abstain from violence, but afterward agreed. 
Tho father-in-law then said that ho would tako him to tho 
village and relcaso him; but tho prisoner cried out, bitterly, 
"Ho will kill mo there! don’t lcavo mo, whito man.” I 
ordered a knife, and ono of tho villagers released him on 
the spot. His arms were cut by tho cords, and ho was 
quite lame from tho blows ho had received. 
Wo spent Sunday, tho 10th, at Monze’s village, who is 
considered tho chief of all tho Batoka wo have seen. Ho 
lives near tho hill Kisekisc, whence wo have a view of at 
least thirty miles of open undulating country, covered with 
short grass and having but few trees. Those open lawns 
would in any othor land, as well as this, bo termed pas- 
toral ; but tho people havo no cattlo, and only a few goats 
and fowls. 
Tho chief Monzo camo to us on Sunday morning, wrapped 
in a largo cloth, and rolled himself about in tho dust, 
screaming “Kina bomba,” as thoy all do. Tho sight of 
great naked mon wallowing on tho ground, though intendod 
to do mo honor, was always very painful : it mado mo fool 
thankful that my lot had boon cast in such different cir- 
cumstances from that of so many of my follow-men. Ono 
of his wives accompanied him; sho would havo been comely 
if her tooth had boon spared: sho had a littlo battlo-axo in 
her hand, and helped her husband to scream. Sho wa# 
much excited, for sho had nover seen a whito man boforo 
We rather liked Monzo, for ho soon felt at home among us, 
and kept up conversation during much of tho day. One 
hoad-inan of a village after another arrived, and each of 
