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THE NEW AFRICA 
range of daily possibility to stumble into a hole while in the 
heat of chase. 
While out shooting I came upon two Mosaros, or real bush- 
men of the desert, of a dirty gamboge yellow colour ; and when 
their surprise at seeing me was over, they consented to accom¬ 
pany us to Matambanja’s. In figure they were tall, lean, their 
extremities thin to delicacy, with prominent buttocks and 
abdomens. Large-heeled flat feet and prominent knee-bones 
and elbow-joints seemed to compensate them for lack of muscle 
in the legs and arms; while their countenances and heads, 
covered with tufty wool, bore distinct resemblance to those of 
the ordinary Hottentot. 
Here we also saw a bird looking uncommonly like a cross 
between a stork and vulture, but failed to bag the specimen, 
so we can only guess it must have been a ‘ marabou.’ 
Amongst our boys were four huge Batokas, very long and 
stout in body, and powerful-looking fellows. We could tell 
by their behaviour when trouble was brewing. They possessed 
a musical instrument, to the ‘ tine tine ’ of which they ventilated 
their grievances. ‘ Tine tine,’ the white man is bad; ‘ tine tine,’ 
the white man will not pay us our due; £ tine tine,’ the white 
man is leading us to death. With such unpleasant reflections, 
heard by all the bearers, those wretches worked up the feeling 
against us, and for the second time our bearers came and 
held a great ‘ Mohuka ’ palaver with us regarding our destina¬ 
tion, with all the gravity peculiar to their race, We had 
noticed a growing sullen unwillingness to obey orders, as they 
were now approaching country beyond the hunter’s limit from 
Panda Matenga; and with all distrustfulness animating their 
suspicions, added to their growing insolence from overfeeding, 
they stretched our forbearance to untold limits, knowing as 
we did that they only had to march off to bring our expedition 
to an untimely end, for from the local inhabitants we could 
expect no assistance. With smiling faces and heavy hearts 
we promised them that they should return from Matambanja’s, 
and that there they should all receive the notes promised them 
