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MONZE’S VILLAGE. 
Chap. XXYII. 
but as soon as lie dies, tlie power be built up is gone, and bis 
reign, having been one of terror, is not perpetuated. Tbis, 
and tbe want of literature, have prevented tbe estabbsbment of 
any great empire in tbe interior of Africa. Pingola effected bis 
conquests, by carrying numbers of smith’s bellows with him. The 
arrow-heads were heated before shooting into a town, and when 
a wound was inflicted on either man or beast, great confusion 
ensued. After Pingola, came Sebituane, and after him the 
Matebele of Mosilikatse; and these successive inroads have re¬ 
duced the Batoka to a state, in which they naturally rejoice at the 
prospect of deliverance and peace. 
We spent Sunday the 10th at Monze’s village, who is con¬ 
sidered the cliief of all the Batoka we have seen. He lives 
near the hiU Kisekise, whence we have a view of at least thirty 
miles of open undulating country, covered with short grass, and 
having but few trees. These open lawns would in any other 
land, as weU as this, be termed pastoral, but the people have 
now no cattle, and only a few goats and fowls. They are located 
all over the country in small villages, and cultivate large gardens. 
They are said to have adopted this wide-spread mode of habita¬ 
tion, in order to give alarm should any enemy appear. In former 
times they lived in large towns. In the distance (S.E.) we see 
ranges of dark mountains along the banks of the Zambesi, and 
are told of the existence there of the rapid named Kansala, 
which is said to impede the navigation. The river is reported 
to be placid above that as far as the territory of Sinamane, a 
Batoka chief, who is said to command it after it emerges smooth 
again below the falls. Kansala is the only rapid reported in the 
river until we come to Kebrabasa, twenty or thirty miles above 
Tete. On the north, we have mountains appearing above the 
horizon, which are said to be on the banks of the Kafue. 
The chief Monze came to us on Sunday morning, wrapped in 
a large cloth, and rolled himself about in the dust, screaming 
Kina bomba,” as they all do. The sight of great naked men 
wallowing on the ground, though intended to do me honour, was 
always very painful; it made me feel thankful that my lot had 
been cast in such different circumstances from that of so many of 
my fellow-men. One of his wives accompanied him; she would 
have been comely if her teeth had been spared; she had a little 
