. In remotest Barotseland; being an account of a journey of over 8,000 miles through the wildest and remotest parts of Lewanika's empire. rivations. 12* i8o CHAPTER II. Departure from Nyakatoro—Mode of carriers—The canvas boat—Arrival ofJohn—My mail—The slave trade—Samasasa. Our first days journey brought us to an oldMambari camp^ close to Samatuis kraal, wherewe halted for the night, and in the evening re-ceived a visit from Samatuis wife, who apolo-gised for her husbands absence, and gave andreceived suitable presents. Our early halt wasdue to the fact that I have not yet given up allhopes o
. In remotest Barotseland; being an account of a journey of over 8,000 miles through the wildest and remotest parts of Lewanika's empire. rivations. 12* i8o CHAPTER II. Departure from Nyakatoro—Mode of carriers—The canvas boat—Arrival ofJohn—My mail—The slave trade—Samasasa. Our first days journey brought us to an oldMambari camp^ close to Samatuis kraal, wherewe halted for the night, and in the evening re-ceived a visit from Samatuis wife, who apolo-gised for her husbands absence, and gave andreceived suitable presents. Our early halt wasdue to the fact that I have not yet given up allhopes of seeing John and the horses, and thefact that the first day the carriers have not gotinto their stride, and the loads want constantre-adjustment. Different tribes have different modes of carry-ing their loads. The Valovale and the Angonicarry their burdens in the same way, viz., tiedfirmly between two long sticks ; this enables themto rest their load, as a mason rests his hod, with-out having to lay it down on the wet grass. TheBarotse divide their loads, carrying half in frontand the other behind : but the Barotse are. IN REMOTEST BAROTSELAND. 183 amateurs in this kind of labour, whilst the Valo-vale have carried loads for ages,* and, moreover,have come in contact with carriers from the eastcoast, who yearly walk from Zanzibar to Bang-weolo with their 60 lb. loads, and from them learntto perform this branch of labour with as littlebodily fatigue as possible. Feeding a large cara-van is by no means an easy matter. In theLovale country the usual mode is to issue calico,beads and salt, before leaving for a journey, andthus allowing the carriers time to purchase a con-siderable quantity of their own food beforestarting. Leaving Samatuis kraal, I erected my hut onthe Ahaloju river, surrounded by Valovale fisher-men, who have from every direction gathered atthis place to furnish Nyakatoro, and othermarkets, with the white bait (minnow-shapedfish) that haunt the over-flo
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