Has the mark of a large gash on his arm, got in fighting;
and he would never tell the cause of battle, but boasted of his powers
as the Makololo do, till asked about a scar on his back,
betokening any thing but bravery.
Intemese was useful in cases like that of Monday, when we came upon
a whole village in a forest enjoying their noonday nap. Our sudden appearance
in their midst so terrified them that one woman nearly went into convulsions
from fear. When they saw and heard Intemese, their terror subsided.
As usual, we were caught by rains after leaving Soana Molopo's, and made
our booths at the house of Mozinkwa, a most intelligent and friendly man
belonging to Katema. He had a fine large garden in cultivation,
and well hedged round. He had made the walls of his compound, or court-yard,
of branches of the banian, which, taking root, had grown to be
a live hedge of that tree. Mozinkwa's wife had cotton growing
all round her premises, and several plants used as relishes
to the insipid porridge of the country. She cultivated also
the common castor-oil plant, and a larger shrub (`Jatropha curcas'),
which also yields a purgative oil. Here, however, the oil is used
for anointing the heads and bodies alone.
