Chap. XVIL 
LAX GOVERNMENT. 
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or S.S.E.-; but the people of Matiamvo bad never gone far 
down it, as their chief had always been afraid of encountering 
a tribe who, from the description given, I could recognise as 
the Makololo. He described five rivers as falling into the Lolo, 
viz. the Lishish, Liss or Lise, Kali! erne, Ishidish, and Molong. 
Hone of these are large, but when they are united in the Lolo, 
they form a considerable stream. The country through wliich 
the Lolo flows is said to be flat, fertile, well peopled, and there 
are large patches of forest. In this report he agreed perfectly 
with the people of Matiamvo, whom we had met at Quendende’s 
village. But we never could get him, or any one in this quarter, 
to draw a map on the ground, as people may readily be got to 
do in the south. 
Katema promised us the aid of some of his people as carriers, 
but his rule is not very stringent or efficient, for they refused to 
turn out for the work. They were Balobale ; and he remarked 
on their disobedience that, though he received them as fugi¬ 
tives, they did not feel grateful enough to obey, and if they 
continued rebellious he must drive them back whence they 
came: but there is little fear of that, as all the chiefs are exces¬ 
sively anxious to collect men in great numbers around them. 
These Balobale would not go, though our guide Shakatwala ran 
after some of them with a drawn sword. This degree of liberty 
to rebel was very striking to us, as it occurred in a country 
where people may be sold, and often are so disposed of when 
guilty of any crime; and we well knew that open disobedience 
like this among the Makololo, would be punished with death 
without much ceremony. 
On Sunday, the 19th, both I and several of our party were 
seized with fever, and I could do nothing but toss about in my 
little tent, with the thermometer above 90°, though this was the 
beginning of winter, and my men made as much shade as pos¬ 
sible by planting branches of trees all round and over it. We 
have, for the first time in my experience in Africa, had a cold 
wind from the north. All the winds from that quarter are hot, 
and those from the south are cold, but they seldom blow from 
either direction. 
20^A.—We were glad to get away, though not on account of 
any scarcity of food; for my men, by giving small presents of 
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