The men utter similar salutations; and Sekeletu receives all with becoming indifference.

After a few minutes' conversation and telling the news, the head man of the village, who is almost always a Makololo, rises, and brings forth a number of large pots of beer.

Calabashes, being used as drinking-cups, are handed round, and as many as can partake of the beverage do so, grasping the vessels so eagerly that they are in danger of being broken.
They bring forth also large pots and bowls of thick milk; some contain six or eight gallons; and each of these, as well as of the beer, is given to a particular person, who has the power to divide it with whom he pleases.

The head man of any section of the tribe is generally selected for this office.

Spoons not being generally in fashion, the milk is conveyed to the mouth with the hand.