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thoir present position, and, when I asked him why ho did 
not possess theso useful animals, ho said, “ Who would give 
us the modieino to enable us to keep them ?” I found out 
the reason afterward in tho provalonco of tsotso; but of 
this ho was ignorant, having supposed that ho could not 
koop cattle because ho had no medicine 
CHAPTER XXX. 
DU. LIVINGSTONE REACHES TETE. 
14 th. — We loft Nyampungo this morning. The path 
wound up tho Molinge, anothor sand-river which flows into 
tho Nnko. When wo got clear of tho tangled junglo which 
covers tho banks of those rivulets, wo entered tho Mopano 
country, where wo could walk with comfort. When wo 
had gone on a fow hours, my men ospiod an elephant, and 
% ero soon in full pursuit. They were in want of meat, 
having tasted nothing but grain for several days. The 
desire for animal food mado them all eager to slay him, 
and, though an old bull, ho was soon killed Tho people 
of Nyampungo had novor Been such desperadoes before. 
One rushed up and hamstrung the beast, while still stand- 
mg, by a blow with an axe. Some Banyai elophant- 
hunters happonod to bo present when my men wero fighting 
with him. One of them took out his snuff-box and poured 
out all its contents at tho root of a tree, as an offering to 
the Barimo for success. As soon as tho animal fell, the 
whole of ray party engaged in a wild, savage dance round 
the body, which quite frightened tho Banyai, and ho who 
mado tho offering said to me, “I see you aro travelling 
with pcoplo who don’t know how to pray: I therefore 
offered tho only thing I had in their behalf, and tho olo- 
phant soon fell.” Ono of Nyampungo’ s men, who remainod 
with me, ran a littlo forward, when an opening in the trees 
