THE BANYAI. 
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(black antolopo,) the finest I had over seen, which had met 
f s death by a lion. The drums, boating all night in one 
villago near which wo slept, showed that Bomo person in it 
had finished his course. On the occasion of tho death of a 
chief, a trader is liable to be robbed, for tho pooplo consider 
themselves not amonablo to law until a now ono is elected. 
We continued a very winding course, in order to avoid the 
chief Katolosa, who is said to levy largo sums upon those 
who fall into his hands One of our guides was a fine, tall 
young man, tho very imago of Ben Habib tho Arab. Thoy 
were cariying dried buffalo’s moat to tho market at Tote 
as a private speculation. 
A great many of tho Banyai aro of a light coffoo-and- 
milk color, and, indeed, this color is considered handsome 
throughout tho wholo country, a fair complexion boing as 
much a test of beauty with them as with us. As thoy 
draw out their hair into small cords a foot in length, and 
entwine tho inner bark of a certain treo round each sepa- 
rate cord, and dyo this substaneo of a reddish color, many 
of them put me in mind of tho ancient Egyptians. Tho 
groat mass of dressed hair which thoy possess reaches to 
tho shoulders, but when thoy intend to travel they draw it 
up to a bunch and tio it on tho top of tho head. They are 
cleanly in thoir habits. 
As wo did not come near human habitations, and could 
only take short stages on account of tho illness of ono of 
my mon, I had an opportunity of observing tho expedients 
my party resorted to in order to supply thoir wants. 
Largo white cdiblo mushrooms are found on tho ant-hillB, 
and aro very good. Tho mokuri, a tuber which abounds 
in tho Mopano country, thoy discovered by percussing the 
ground with stones; and another tuber, about the sizo of a 
turnip, called “bonga,” is found in tho same situations. It 
does not determine to the joints like tho mokuri, and in 
Winter has a sensiblo amount of salt in it. A fruit called 
‘ndongo” by tho Hakololo, “dongolo” by tho Bambiri, 
resembles in appearanco a small plum, which bocomes 
