He thus unwittingly performed a good service to the country by completely breaking down the old system which prevented trade from penetrating into the great central valley.

Of the chiefs who escaped, he said, "They love Mosilikatse, let them live with him: the Zambesi is my line of defense;" and men were placed all along it as sentinels.

When he heard of our wish to visit him, he did all he could to assist our approach.

Sechele, Sekomi, and Lechulatebe owed their lives to his clemency; and the latter might have paid dearly for his obstructiveness.

Sebituane knew every thing that happened in the country, for he had the art of gaining the affections both of his own people and of strangers.