n even the most abject of his people and our common Father;
and that no more kidnapping ought to be allowed, as he ought to give
that peace and security to the smaller tribes on his eastern borders
which he so much desired to obtain himself from the Makololo. We
promised to return through his town when we came back from the
sea-coast.

Manenko gave us some manioc roots in the morning, and had determined
to carry our baggage to her uncle's, Kabompo or Shinte. We had heard a
sample of what she could do with her tongue; and as neither my men nor
myself had much inclination to encounter a scolding from this black Mrs.
Caudle, we made ready the packages; but she came and said the men whom
she had ordered for the service had not yet come; they would arrive
to-morrow. Being on low and disagreeable diet, I felt annoyed at this
further delay, and ordered the packages to be put into the canoes to
proceed up the river without her servants; but Manenko was not to be
circumvented in this way; she came forward with her people, and said her
uncle would be angry if she did not carry forward the tusks and goods
of Sekeletu, seized the luggage, and declared that she would carry it in
spite of me. My men succumbed sooner to this petticoat government than
I felt inclined to do, and left me no power; and, being unwilling to
encounter her tongue, I was moving off to the canoes, when she gave me
a kind explanation, and, with her hand on my shoulder, put on a motherly
look, saying, "Now, my little man, just do as the rest have done." My
feelings of annoyance of course vanished, and I went out to try and get
some meat.

The only game to be found in these parts are the ZEBRA, the KUALATA or
tahetsi ('Aigoceros equina'), kama ('Bubalus caama'), buffaloes, and the
small antelope hakitenwe ('Philantomba').

The animals can be seen here only by following on their trail for many
miles. Urged on by hunger, we followed that of some zebras during the
greater part of the day: when within fifty yards of them, in a dense
thicket, I made sure of one, but, to my infinite disgust, the gun missed
fire, and off they bounded. The climate is so very damp, from daily
heavy rains, that every thing becomes loaded with moisture, and the
powder in the gun-nipples can not be kept dry. It is curious to mark the
intelligence of the game; in districts where they are much annoyed by
fire-arms, they keep out on the most open spots of country they can
find, in order to ha