. Young folks library . A Native. 352 A Book of Famous Explorers. 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 tw
. Young folks library . A Native. 352 A Book of Famous Explorers. 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 Woman.
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