I Saw The Falls At Low Water, And The Columns Of Vapor
When Five Or Six Miles Distant.
When the river is full, or in flood,
the columns, it is said, can be seen ten miles off, and the sound
is quite distinct somewhat below Kalai, or about an equal distance.
No one can then go to the island in the middle.
The next visitor
must bear these points in mind in comparing his description with mine.
We here got information of a foray which had been made by a Makololo man
in the direction we were going. This instance of marauding was so much
in accordance with the system which has been pursued in this country
that I did not wonder at it. But the man had used Sekeletu's name as having
sent him, and, the proof being convincing, he would undoubtedly be fined.
As that would be the first instance of a fine being levied for marauding,
I looked upon it as the beginning of a better state of things.
In tribes which have been accustomed to cattle-stealing, the act is not
considered immoral in the way that theft is. Before I knew the language well,
I said to a chief, "You stole the cattle of so and so."
"No, I did not steal them," was the reply, "I only LIFTED them."
The word "gapa" is identical with the Highland term for the same deed.
Another point came to our notice here. Some Mambari had come down thus far,
and induced the Batoka to sell a very large tusk which belonged to Sekeletu
for a few bits of cloth.
Enter page number
PreviousNext
Page 784 of 1070
Words from 225162 to 225433
of 306638
