He who is low-spirited, and apt to despond at every attack, will die sooner than the man who is not of such a melancholic nature.
The Makololo had made a garden and planted maize for me, that, as they remarked when I was parting with them to proceed to the Cape, I might have food to eat when I returned, as well as other people.

The maize was now pounded by the women into fine meal.

This they do in large wooden mortars, the counterpart of which may be seen depicted on the Egyptian monuments.* Sekeletu added to this good supply of meal ten or twelve jars of honey, each of which contained about two gallons.

Liberal supplies of ground-nuts ('Arachis hypogoea') were also furnished every time the tributary tribes brought their dues to Linyanti, and an ox was given for slaughter every week or two.

Sekeletu also appropriated two cows to be milked for us every morning and evening.