Chap. XV. 
MESSAGE TO MASIKO. 
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CHAPTEE Xy. 
Message to Masiko, the Barotse chief, regarding the captives — Navigation of 
the Leeamhye — Capabilities of this district — The Leeba •— Flowers and 
bees — Buffalo-hunt — Field for a botanist ■— Young alligators; their savage 
nature — Suspicion of the Balonda — Sekelenke’s present— A man and 
his two wives — Hunters — Message from Manenko, a female chief —- Mam- 
bari traders — A dream — Sheakdndo and his people — Teeth-filing —- 
Desire for butter — Interview with Nyamoana, another female chief — 
Court etiquette — Hair versus wool — Increase of superstition— Arrival 
of Manenko : her appearance, and husband — Mode of salutation — 
Anklets — Embassy, with a present from Masiko — Boast beef—Manioc 
— Magic-lantern — Manenko an accomplished scold : compels us to wait 
— Unsuccessful zebra-hunt. ' 
On the 27th December we were at the confluence of the Leeba 
and Leeambye (lat. 14° 10' 52" S., long. 23° 35' 40" E.). Ma¬ 
siko, the Barotse chief, for whom we had some captives, lived 
nearly due east of this point. They were two little boys, a little 
girl, a young man, and two middle-aged women. One of these 
was a member of a Babimpe tribe, who knock out both upper 
and lower front teeth as a distinction. As we had been informed 
by the captives on the previous Sunday, that Masiko was in the 
habit of seizing aU orphans, and those who have no powerful 
friend in the tribe whose protection they can claim, and selling 
them for clothing to the Mambari, we thought the objection of 
the women to go first to liis town before seeing their friends, 
quite reasonable, and resolved to send a party of our own people 
to see them safely among their relatives. I told the captive 
young man to inform Masiko that he was very unlike his father 
Santuru, who had refused to sell Ins people to Mambari. He 
will probably be afraid to deliver such a message himself, but it 
is meant for his people, and they will circulate it pretty widely, 
and Masiko may yet feel a little pressure from without. We 
sent Mosantu, a Batoka man, and his companions, with the 
captives. The Barotse whom we had, were unwilling to go to 
Masiko, since they owe him allegiance as the son of Santmm, 
and wliile they continue mth the Makololo are considered rebels. 
