CHAPTER 11.
Departure from Linyanti for Sesheke--Level Country--Ant-hills--Wild Date-trees--Appearance of our Attendants on the March--The Chief's Guard--They attempt to ride on Ox-back--Vast Herds of the new Antelopes, Leches, and Nakongs--The native way of hunting them--Reception at the Villages--Presents of Beer and Milk--Eating with the Hand--The Chief provides the Oxen for Slaughter--Social Mode of Eating--The Sugar-cane--Sekeletu's novel Test of Character-- Cleanliness of Makololo Huts--Their Construction and Appearance--The Beds--Cross the Leeambye--Aspect of this part of the Country--The small Antelope Tianyane unknown in the South--Hunting on foot--An Eland.
Having waited a month at Linyanti (lat.

18d 17' 20" S., long.

23d 50' 9" E.), we again departed, for the purpose of ascending the river from Sesheke (lat.

17d 31' 38" S., long.

25d 13' E.).