Children of the Kalahari : a story of Africa . are, as Pitsane has surmised,on an ostrich-hunt. They have already been aweek away from the village, and have slain over ascore of ostriches, besides gathering a large num-ber of eo-ffs. Pierce makes the Bushmens heartsquite happy by the purchase of a goodly numberof the feathers and eggs. The sun is quite two hours high and its rays arebeating fiercely down ujion them ere they reach thekraal of the Busiiman, Shobo. Tiie curiosity ofour young wanderers concerning this man, whosename has become so well known througii its closeassociation with that
Children of the Kalahari : a story of Africa . are, as Pitsane has surmised,on an ostrich-hunt. They have already been aweek away from the village, and have slain over ascore of ostriches, besides gathering a large num-ber of eo-ffs. Pierce makes the Bushmens heartsquite happy by the purchase of a goodly numberof the feathers and eggs. The sun is quite two hours high and its rays arebeating fiercely down ujion them ere they reach thekraal of the Busiiman, Shobo. Tiie curiosity ofour young wanderers concerning this man, whosename has become so well known througii its closeassociation with that of Livingstone, is so greatthat scarcely a day has passed since the journeywas begun that they have not thought and talkedof their meeting wMth him. They find the kraal of these Bushmen in everyrespect a decided improvement upon that they haveleft some twenty miles back. The village has someregularity about it, the huts being arranged in them all there is quite a respectable barri-cade of thorn-bushes. There are also several small. Coming on a Bushmens Camp. Page 256. A STORY OF AFRICA. 257 herds of goats in good condition, and even a cowor twt). On the inqniry being made for Shobo, they aremucii shocked to learn that the old chief is veryill—in fact, said by the fetish-man (medicine-man)to be about to go to the other country of which hehas so long talked. At first the fetish-man declares most positivelythat they cannot see the chief, but on Shobo him-self learning of the presence of white people in hisvillage, he at once sends for them. Pierce andCunnyngham respond to this message. Shobo heart him make glad to see one mo timewite brudders, he says in broken English as theyapproach him, and he motions them to a seat upona skin rug. Shobo him plenty got fear him neb-ber see no mo wite people same as wite fetish-man Shobo loved.* Wite fetish-man done goneway ober big desert; him gone one time, him gonetwo time, him gone tree time, an den him nebbercome back no mo. Sh
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