THE ZAMBESI REGION. 
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HASARWAS DRINKING. 
sacrifices was by no means in accordance with the usual 
practice of the country, and it was only by coercing his 
secret council that he succeeded in perpetrating his 
superstitious barbarities. 
In this way it was that while New Sesheke was being 
built, Sepopo brought it about that a resolution should 
be passed by the secret tribunal to the effect that, in 
order to save the new town from the fate of the old, the 
son of one of the chiefs should be killed ; but that his 
Before any inhuman measure on which the king had 
set his mind could be carried in the council, it was 
frequently found unavoidable to have several sittings ; 
but if any of the members were ascertained to be per¬ 
sistently obstructive, measures were soon found for 
getting rid of them, and they were perpetual] y being 
accused of high treason or some other crime, and thus 
removed out of the way. Sepopo’s propensity for human 
