He Certainly Did Not Take It Ill, As Was Evident From
What He Gave Us In Return; Which Consisted Of A Liberal Supply Of
Meal, Milk, And An Ox.
He has a large herd of cattle, and a tract of
fine pasture-land on the beautiful stream Lekone.
A home-feeling
comes over one, even in the interior of Africa, at seeing once more
cattle grazing peacefully in the meadows. The tsetse inhabits the
trees which bound the pasture-land on the west; so, should the
herdsman forget his duty, the cattle straying might be entirely lost.
The women of this village were more numerous than the men, the result
of the chief's marauding. The Batoko wife of Sima came up from the
Falls, to welcome her husband back, bringing a present of the best
fruits of the country. Her husband was the only one of the party who
had brought a wife from Tette, namely, the girl whom he obtained from
Chisaka for his feats of dancing. According to our ideas, his first
wife could hardly have been pleased at seeing the second and younger
one; but she took her away home with her, while the husband remained
with us. In going down to the Fall village we met several of the
real Makololo. They are lighter in colour than the other tribes,
being of a rich warm brown; and they speak in a slow deliberate
manner, distinctly pronouncing every word. On reaching the village
opposite Kalai, we had an interview with the Makololo headman,
Mashotlane:
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