Notes on South African Hunting, 23 
. The Wealthy Appearance of Chiefs. 
man made his escape up country with the 
diamond^ and tried to get to Matebeleland, 
Some way beyond Shoshong he died of thirst, 
and was found by Khama’s natives with the 
diamond on him. The natives brought the 
diamond to Khama, who still has it. I saw it 
the other day, and it was not a diamond at all, 
but just a bit of spar. Now the question is, 
had the man been sold with a sham diamond; 
or had he made a fac-simile of the real one, to 
try and dispose of cheap to some one up 
country, and kept the real one to sell when the 
matter had blown over ? Any way Khama has 
the sham one, and 3s.' qd. wrapped up in a bit 
of newspaper waiting the next of kin. 
An attempt has lately been made to amalga¬ 
mate all the companies so as to regulate the 
output of diamonds, and thus maintain one 
standard price. The bill did not pass the 
Legislative Assembly. 
When one leaves Kimberley for the north, 
the first town that is reached is Taungs. This 
is the capital of the Batlapin tribe, a section of 
the Bechuanas, and is under the chieftainship 
•of a man called Mankoroane. It is a sad blow 
