THROUGH ZAMBESIA. 
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Their persons were adorned with bracelets of buffalo 
hide, and necklaces of bone and claws, also pieces of the 
hoof of the small gazelle. Round their loins they 
wore sporans of leather, interwoven with beads of iron 
and brass. They carried their powder in horns. 
As I could not speak the language, I signed to them 
to come to the waggon, which we could see indistinctly, 
almost buried in the long grass. On coming up to the 
caravans they asked for caps, and in reply we told them 
THE “FAITHFULS.” 
that we were going to the Zambesi, and if they would 
accompany us we would give them caps there. But 
they shook their heads, saying that it was very far, 
offering, however, to go on a hunting trip to get meat, 
I was quite glad to see a strange face, for since leaving 
the mission station at Umhlangene, nearly a month 
before, we had not met a single soul. The hunters 
informed us that there was a Mashona kraal close by, 
and hinted that perhaps the chief, whose name was 
Chibero, would give us help. 
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