. Matabele land and the Victoria Falls : a naturalist's wanderings in the interior of South Africa, from the letters and journals of the late Frank Oates . little distance off amongst the kopjes on our men had sent early, and beer and large quanti-ties of milk were brought. There were a few slaveshere too, quite different in appearance and bearingfrom their conquerors. They are quiet and humblein demeanour, and profusely ornamented, where theycan afford it, with brass wire in rings round thewrists, of what I have been told is Portuguese ornative workmanship, though I think it may bebr
. Matabele land and the Victoria Falls : a naturalist's wanderings in the interior of South Africa, from the letters and journals of the late Frank Oates . little distance off amongst the kopjes on our men had sent early, and beer and large quanti-ties of milk were brought. There were a few slaveshere too, quite different in appearance and bearingfrom their conquerors. They are quiet and humblein demeanour, and profusely ornamented, where theycan afford it, with brass wire in rings round thewrists, of what I have been told is Portuguese ornative workmanship, though I think it may bebrought up by our own traders. Blue cut beads,too, and skins are niuch worn. These original in- ^ y\ native temporarily engaged at Gubiileweyo. I20 MATABELE LAND. habitants, Mashonas I think, are far more in keepingwith the scene, to my mind, than their supplanters.^* Wankee cut a dissel-boom, and we inspannedabout First we went up hill, and thenbegan to descend through a tolerably open grasscountry, with trees about as far apart as one seesthem in an orchard. The country we passed throughis extremely pretty—grass long, trees graceful and.
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