Chap. XVII. 
THE GUIDE’S PEEYEESITY. 
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plan as tlie common round wire mouse-trap, which has an open¬ 
ing surrounded with wires pointing inwards. This is made of 
reeds and supple wands, and food is placed inside to attract the 
fish. 
Besides these means of catching fish, they use a hook of iron 
without a barb; the point is bent inwards instead, so as not to 
allow the fish to escape. Nets are not so common as in the 
Zouga and Leeambye, but they kiU large quantities of fishes by 
means of the bruised leaves ‘ of a shrub, which may be seen 
planted beside every village in the country. 
On the 7th we came to the village of Soana Molopo, a half- 
brother of Katema, a few miles beyond the Lokalueje. , When 
we went to visit him, we found him sitting, with about one hun¬ 
dred men. He called on Intemese to give some account of us, 
though no doubt it had been done in private before. He then 
pronounced the following sentences :—‘‘ The journey of the white 
man is very proper, but Shinte has disturbed us by showing the 
path to the Makololo who accompany him. He ought to have 
taken them through the country without showing them the 
towns. We are afraid of the Makololo.” He then gave us a 
handsome present of food, and seemed perplexed by my sitting 
down familiarly, and giving him a few of our ideas. When we 
left, Intemese continued busily imparting an account of all we 
had given to Shinte and Masiko, and instillmg the hope, that 
Soana Molopo might obtain as much as they had received. Ac¬ 
cordingly, when we expected to move on the morning of the 
8th, we got some hints about the ox which Soana Molopo ex¬ 
pected to eat, but we recommended him to get the breed of 
cattle for himself, seeing his country was so well adapted for 
rearing stock. Intemese also refused to move; he, moreover, 
tried to frighten us into parting with an ox, by saying that 
Soana Molopo would send forward a message that we were a 
marauding party, but we packed up and went on without him. 
We did not absolutely need him, but he was useful in preventing 
the inhabitants of secluded villages from betaking themselves to 
fiight. We wished to be on good terms with all, and therefore 
put up with our guide’s peccadilloes. His good word respecting 
us had considerable influence, and he was always asked if we 
had behaved ourselves like men on the way. The Makololo are 
