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contained honey, and once convinced of that fact, it 
was quickly dug out with the spears of the Bushmen. 
Arrived at the Tati, I learned that Monyama would 
not admit any one into the Matabele land; and it was 
evident that, if I wished to effect anything among its 
people, I must go myself. 
A stranger visiting the Zulu or Matabele lands in 
time of peace, when the chief is reigning in his capital, 
surrounded by his Indunas, is as safe in life and 
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property, if he complies with the customs of the 
country, as he would be in the best governed parts of 
Europe ; I might almost say safer, as the dirt and 
crowding in the narrow streets of our over-populated 
towns are as yet unknown amongst the “barbarian” 
natives of Africa. 
When I was hunting in Zululand in 1866, during 
the reign of Panda, my carts full of all sorts of things 
stood quite unprotected at the Makameny Kraal, near 
the Shlue Shlue, for six weeks, and not so much as a 
nail was stolen. But now the common people stole 
