Chap. XXX. 
NATIVE NAMES. 
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On the 20tli we came to Monina’s village (close to the sand- 
river Tangwe, lat. 16° 13' 38" S., long. 32° 32' E.). This man 
is very popular among the tribes on account of his liberality. 
Boroma, Nyampiingo, Mom'na, Jira, Katolosa (Monomotapa), and 
Susa, all acknowledge the supremacy of one called Nyatewe, 
who is reported to decide all disputes respecting land. This con¬ 
federation is exactly similar to what we observed m Londa and 
other parts of Africa. Katolosa is the Emperor Monomotapa ” 
of history, but he is a chief of no great power, and acknowledges 
the supremacy of Kyatewe. The Portuguese formerly honoured 
Monomotapa with a guard, to fire off numbers of guns on the 
occasion of any funeral, and he was also partially subsidized. 
The only evidence of greatness possessed by his successor, is his 
having about a hundred wives. When he dies, a disputed suc¬ 
cession and much fighting are expected. In reference to the 
term Monomotapa, it is to be remembered that Mono, Moene, 
Mona, Mana, or Mordna, mean simply chief, and considerable 
confusion has arisen from naming different people by maldng a 
plural of the chief’s name. The names Monomofzes, spelt also 
Monemufges and Monomui'zes, and Monomotapistas, when applied 
to these tribes are exactly the same as if we should call the 
Scotch the Lord Douglases. Motape was the chief of the 
Bambfri, a tribe of the Banyai, and is now represented in the 
person of Katolosa. He was probably a man of greater energy 
than his successor, yet only an insignificant chief. Monomoizes 
was formed from Moiza or Muiza, the singular of the word 
Babfsa or Aiza, the proper name of a large tribe to the north. 
In the transformation of this name the same error has been com¬ 
mitted as in the others; and mistakes have occurred in many 
other names by inattention to the meaning, and predilection for 
the letter r. The river Loangwa, for instance, has been termed 
Arroangoa; and the Luenya, the Euanha. The Bazizulu, or 
Mashona, are spoken of as the Moruiwus. 
The government of the Banyai is rather peculiar, being a sort 
of feudal republicanism. The chief is elected, and they choose 
the son of the deceased chief’s sister in preference to his own 
offspring. When dissatisfied with one candidate, they even go to 
a distant tribe for a successor, who is usually of the family of the 
late chief, a brother, or a sister’s son, but never liis ovm son 
