. Young folks library . deserved, as nothing good or great had ever been ac-compHshed in the world without it. Twelve days after ourdeparture from the wagonsat Ngabisane we came tothe north-east end of LakeNgami: and on the 1stof August, 1849, we wentdown together to the broadpart, and, for the first time,this fine-looking sheet ofwater was beheld by Eu-ropeans. The direction ofthe lake seemed to and bycompass. My chief object in com-ing to the lake was to visit Sebituane, the great chiefof the Makololo, who was reported to live some twohundred miles be-yond. We had nowcome to
. Young folks library . deserved, as nothing good or great had ever been ac-compHshed in the world without it. Twelve days after ourdeparture from the wagonsat Ngabisane we came tothe north-east end of LakeNgami: and on the 1stof August, 1849, we wentdown together to the broadpart, and, for the first time,this fine-looking sheet ofwater was beheld by Eu-ropeans. The direction ofthe lake seemed to and bycompass. My chief object in com-ing to the lake was to visit Sebituane, the great chiefof the Makololo, who was reported to live some twohundred miles be-yond. We had nowcome to a half-tribeof the Bamanwato,called Batau^ chief was ayoung man namedLechulatebe. Sebi-tuane had conquered his fatherMoremi, and Lechulatebe re-ceived part of his educationwhile a captive among the Bayeiye. His uncle, a sen-sible man, ransomed him; and, having collected a num- Nativb Antelopes. Discovery of Lake Ngami 353 ber of families together, abdicated the chieftainshipin favor of his nephew. As Lechulatebe had justcome into power, he imagined that the proper way ofshowing his abihties was to act directly contrary toeverything that his uncle advised. When we came,the uncle recommended him to treat us handsomely,therefore the hopeful youth presented us with a goatonly. It ought to have been an ox. So I proposed
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