When the valley is flooded, the cattle are compelled to leave it and go to the higher lands, where they fall off in condition; their return is a time of joy.
It is impossible to say whether this valley, which contains so much moisture, would raise wheat as the valley of the Nile does.

It is probably too rich, and would make corn run entirely to straw, for one species of grass was observed twelve feet high, with a stem as thick as a man's thumb.

At present the pasturage is never eaten off, though the Makololo possess immense herds of cattle.
There are no large towns, the mounds on which the towns and villages are built being all small, and the people require to live apart on account of their cattle.
This visit was the first Sekeletu had made to these parts since he attained the chieftainship.

Those who had taken part with Mpepe were consequently in great terror.

When we came to the town of Mpepe's father, as he and another man had counseled Mamochisane to put Sekeletu to death and marry Mpepe, the two were led forth and tossed into the river.