Departure from Linyanti for Sesheke - Level Country - Ant-hills -
Wild Date-trees - Appearance of our Attendants on the March
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The Chief's Guard - They attempt to ride on Ox-back -
Vast Herds of the new Antelopes, Leches, and Nakongs -
The native way of hunting them - Reception at the Villages -
Presents of Beer and Milk - Eating with the Hand -
The Chief provides the Oxen for Slaughter - Social Mode of Eating -
The Sugar-cane - Sekeletu's novel Test of Character -
Cleanliness of Makololo Huts - Their Construction and Appearance -
The Beds - Cross the Leeambye - Aspect of this part of the Country -
The small Antelope Tianyane unknown in the South - Hunting on foot -
An Eland.
Having waited a month at Linyanti (lat. 18d 17' 20" S., long. 23d 50' 9" E.),
we again departed, for the purpose of ascending the river
from Sesheke (lat. 17d 31' 38" S., long. 25d 13' E.). To the Barotse country,
the capital of which is Nariele or Naliele (lat. 15d 24' 17" S.,
long. 23d 5' 54" E.), I went in company with Sekeletu and about
one hundred and sixty attendants. We had most of the young men with us,
and many of the under-chiefs besides. The country between Linyanti
and Sesheke is perfectly flat, except patches elevated only a few feet
above the surrounding level. There are also many mounds where
the gigantic ant-hills of the country have been situated or still appear:
these mounds are evidently the work of the termites. No one who has not seen
their gigantic structures can fancy the industry of these little laborers;
they seem to impart fertility to the soil which has once passed
through their mouths, for the Makololo find the sides of ant-hills
the choice spots for rearing early maize, tobacco, or any thing on which
they wish to bestow especial care.
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