Ye are bad," to which Pitsane and his companions retorted,
"Ah!
Ye are good, and we thank you for the loan of your canoe."
We were careful to explain the whole of the circumstances to Katema
and the other chiefs, and they all agreed that we were perfectly justifiable
under the circumstances, and that Matiamvo would approve our conduct.
When any thing that might bear an unfavorable construction
happens among themselves, they send explanations to each other.
The mere fact of doing so prevents them from losing their character,
for there is public opinion even among them.
Chapter 24.
Level Plains - Vultures and other Birds - Diversity of Color in Flowers
of the same Species - The Sundew - Twenty-seventh Attack of Fever -
A River which flows in opposite Directions - Lake Dilolo the Watershed
between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans - Position of Rocks -
Sir Roderick Murchison's Explanation - Characteristics of the Rainy Season
in connection with the Floods of the Zambesi and the Nile -
Probable Reason of Difference in Amount of Rain South and North
of the Equator - Arab Reports of Region east of Londa -
Probable Watershed of the Zambesi and the Nile - Lake Dilolo -
Reach Katema's Town: his renewed Hospitality; desire to appear
like a White Man; ludicrous Departure - Jackdaws -
Ford southern Branch of Lake Dilolo - Small Fish - Project for
a Makololo Village near the Confluence of the Leeba and the Leeambye -
Hearty Welcome from Shinte - Kolimbota's Wound -
Plant-seeds and Fruit-trees brought from Angola -
Masiko and Limboa's Quarrel - Nyamoana now a Widow -
Purchase Canoes and descend the Leeba - Herds of wild Animals on its Banks
- Unsuccessful Buffalo-hunt - Frogs - Sinbad and the Tsetse -
Dispatch a Message to Manenko - Arrival of her Husband Sambanza -
The Ceremony called Kasendi - Unexpected Fee for performing
a surgical Operation - Social Condition of the Tribes -
Desertion of Mboenga - Stratagem of Mambowe Hunters - Water-turtles -
Charged by a Buffalo - Reception from the People of Libonta -
Explain the Causes of our long Delay - Pitsane's Speech -
Thanksgiving Services - Appearance of my "Braves" -
Wonderful Kindness of the People.
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