e seen to make holes in the ground, placing stupified
insects in them with her eggs; another species watches when she goes
off to get more insects, and every now and then goes in too to lay her
eggs, I suppose without any labour: there does not appear to be any
enmity between them. We remained a day to buy food for the party, and
eat our ox.

_14th June, 1868._--March over well-wooded highlands with dolomite
rocks cropping out and trees all covered with lichens, the watershed
then changed to the south.

_15th June, 1868._--Yery cold in mornings now (43 deg.). Found
Moenempanda, Casembe's brother, on the Luluputa, a stream twenty yards
wide and flowing west. The Moenempanda visited by the Portuguese was
grandfather to this one, and not at the same spot; it is useless to
put down the names of chiefs as indicating geographical positions, for
the name is often continued, but at a spot far distant from the
dwelling of the original possessor. A slave tried to break out of his
slave-stick, and actually broke half an inch of tough iron with his
fingers; the end stuck in the wood, or he would have freed himself.

The chief gave me a public reception, which was like that of Casembe,
but better managed. He is young, and very handsome but for a defect in
his eyes, which makes him keep them half shut or squinting. He walked
off in the jaunty way all chiefs do in this country, to show the
weight of rings and beads on the legs, and many imitate this walk who
have none, exactly as our fathers imitated the big cravat of George
IV., who thereby hid defects in his neck: thousands carried their
cravats over the chin who had no defects to hide. Moenempanda carried
his back stiffly, and no wonder, he had about ten yards of a train
carried behind it. About 600 people were present. They kept rank, but
not step; were well armed; marimbas and square drums formed the bands,
and one musician added his voice: "I have been to Syde" (the Sultan);
"I have been to Meereput" (King of Portugal); "I have been to the
sea." At a private reception, where he was divested of his train, and
had only one umbrella instead of three, I gave him a cloth. The Arabs
thought highly of him; but his graciousness had been expended on them
in getting into debt; he now showed no inclination to get out of it,
but offered about a twentieth part of the value of the goods in
liquidation. He sent me two pots of beer, which I care not to drink
except when very thirsty on a mar