The soil is of a reddish color, and very fertile, as is attested by the great quantity of grain raised annually by the Banyeti.

A great many villages of this poor and very industrious people are situated on both banks of the river: they are expert hunters of the hippopotami and other animals, and very proficient in the manufacture of articles of wood and iron.

The whole of this part of the country being infested with the tsetse, they are unable to rear domestic animals.

This may have led to their skill in handicraft works.

Some make large wooden vessels with very neat lids, and wooden bowls of all sizes; and since the idea of sitting on stools has entered the Makololo mind, they have shown great taste in the different forms given to the legs of these pieces of furniture.
Other Banyeti, or Manyeti, as they are called, make neat and strong baskets of the split roots of a certain tree, while others excel in pottery and iron.