pear; why should I not use it?"
He, indeed, it was who, being remarkably swift of foot, first guided the
Makololo in their conquest of the country. In the character of
peacemakers, therefore, we experienced abundant hospitality; and, from
the Kafue to the Falls, none of our party was allowed to suffer hunger.
The natives sent to our sleeping-places generous presents of the finest
white meal, and fat capons to give it a relish, great pots of beer to
comfort our hearts, together with pumpkins, beans, and tobacco, so that
we "should sleep neither hungry nor thirsty."

In travelling from the Kafue to the Zungwe we frequently passed several
villages in the course of a day's march. In the evening came deputies
from the villages, at which we could not stay to sleep, with liberal
presents of food. It would have pained them to have allowed strangers to
pass without partaking of their hospitality; repeatedly were we hailed
from huts, and asked to wait a moment and drink a little of the beer,
which was brought with alacrity. Our march resembled a triumphant
procession. We entered and left every village amidst the cheers of its
inhabitants; the men clapping their hands, and the women lullilooing,
with the shrill call, "Let us sleep," or "Peace." Passing through a
hamlet one day, our guide called to the people, "Why do you not clap your
hands and salute when you see men who are wishing to bring peace to the
land?" When we halted for the night it was no uncommon thing for the
people to prepare our camp entirely of their own accord; some with hoes
quickly smoothed the ground for our beds, others brought dried grass and
spread it carefully over the spot; some with their small axes speedily
made a bush fence to shield us from the wind; and if, as occasionally
happened, the water was a little distance off, others hastened and
brought it with firewood to cook our food with. They are an industrious
people, and very fond of agriculture. For hours together we marched
through unbroken fields of mapira, or native corn, of a great width; but
one can give no idea of the extent of land under the hoe as compared with
any European country. The extent of surface is so great that the largest
fields under culture, when viewed on a wide landscape, dwindle to mere
spots. When taken in connection with the wants of the people, the
cultivation on the whole is most creditable to their industry. They
erect numerous granaries which give their villa