Great expectations had been formed when I arrived among the Makololo on this subject; but, having invariably declined to deceive them, as some for their own profit have done, my men now supposed that I would at last consent, and thereby relieve myself from the hard work of hunting by employing them after due medication.

This I was most willing to do, if I could have done it honestly; for, having but little of the hunting 'furore' in my composition, I always preferred eating the game to killing it.

Sulphur is the remedy most admired, and I remember Sechele giving a large price for a very small bit.

He also gave some elephants' tusks, worth 30 Pounds, for another medicine which was to make him invulnerable to musket balls.

As I uniformly recommended that these things should be tested by experiment, a calf was anointed with the charm and tied to a tree.