Chap. XXIY. 
KATEMA’S HERD —JACKDAWS. 
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a breakdown^ bad be not been accustomed to it We were very 
mucb pleased with Katema; and next day be presented us with 
a cow, that we might enjoy the abundant supplies of meal he had 
given with good animal food. He then departed for the hunting- 
ground, after assuring me that the town and everything in it were 
mine, and that his factotum, Shakatwala, would remain and attend 
to every want, and also conduct us to the Leeba. 
On attempting to slaughter the cow Katema had given, we 
found the herd as wild as buffaloes; and one of my men having 
only wounded it, they fled many miles into the forest, and were 
with great difficulty brought back. Even the herdsman was afraid 
to go near them. The majority of them were white, and they 
were all beautiful animals. After hunting it for two days, it was 
despatched at last by another ball. Here we saw a flock of jack¬ 
daws, a rare sight in Londa, busy with the grubs in the valley, 
which are eaten by the people too. 
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