Travels in the interior of South Africa, comprising fifteen years' hunting and trading; with journeys across the continent from Natal to Walvis Bay, and visits to Lake Ngami and the Victoria Falls . dis-abled by the hot sand, and the soles of their feet peelingoff, they die. For the truth of these stories I do not vouch,though they seem to me quite probable. Lechulatebes Town stands in an angle between a bendof the lake and the Botletlie river. It contains about 400huts, with the usual khotla in the middle, near thechiefs residence. Near his seat was placed a staff, withthe wings of a bird tie
Travels in the interior of South Africa, comprising fifteen years' hunting and trading; with journeys across the continent from Natal to Walvis Bay, and visits to Lake Ngami and the Victoria Falls . dis-abled by the hot sand, and the soles of their feet peelingoff, they die. For the truth of these stories I do not vouch,though they seem to me quite probable. Lechulatebes Town stands in an angle between a bendof the lake and the Botletlie river. It contains about 400huts, with the usual khotla in the middle, near thechiefs residence. Near his seat was placed a staff, withthe wings of a bird tied to it, intended as a charm to ward offthe witchcraft of the white men. The Makololo also, who 200 CHAPMANS TRAVELS. [chap. IX. live so close on their borders, are a constant source of anxietyto the Batawana. The huts in the town are built on thesame fashion and principle as all Bechuana huts, but fromthe abundance of grass and reeds easily procured, they havea warmer, cleaner, and more cheerful appearance. Instead ofa wickerwork of bushes, their kraals are surrounded witha fence of reeds, clipped even at the top. The inside flooris, like the walls of their houses, composed of a hard clay,. lechulateues town. made of ant-heaps, which is smeared with dung every otherday. In their habits and customs the Batawana resemble theBamanwato and other Bechuanas. On days when the rite ofcircumcision is performed, and on occasions of the marriagesor deaths of persons of importance, the people refrain fromwork. The women toil most sedulouslv in their gardens,singing in chorus to every stroke of the hoe. They growmaize, several kinds of beans and grain, the pistachio nut,and pumpkins, calabashes, and water-melons. chap. ix.] LEAVE LECHULATEBE8 TOWN. 207 My wagoo was now perfectly repaired, after much labourbestowed upon it, and a thick iron axle that had been bentwas restored to its former position with the aid of a Makobashammer and bellows. This latter article, something resem-bling a Jew
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