Chapter 9. Reception at Linyanti--The court Herald--Sekeletu
obtains the Chieftainship from his Sister--Mpepe's Plot--
Slave-trading Mambari--Their sudden Flight--Sekeletu narrowly
escapes Assassination--Execution of Mpepe--The Courts of Law--
Mode of trying Offenses--Sekeletu's Reason for not learning to
read the Bible--The Disposition made of the Wives of a
deceased Chief--Makololo Women--They work but little--Employ
Serfs--Their Drink, Dress, and Ornaments--Public Religious
Services in the Kotla--Unfavorable Associations of the place--
Native Doctors--Proposals to teach the Makololo to read--
Sekeletu's Present--Reason for accepting it--Trading in Ivory--
Accidental Fire--Presents for Sekeletu--Two Breeds of native
Cattle--Ornamenting the Cattle--The Women and the Looking-
glass--Mode of preparing the Skins of Oxen for Mantles and for
Shields--Throwing the Spear.

Chapter 10. The Fever--Its Symptoms--Remedies of the native
Doctors--Hospitality of Sekeletu and his People--One of their
Reasons for Polygamy--They cultivate largely--The Makalaka or
subject Tribes--Sebituane's Policy respecting them--Their
Affection for him--Products of the Soil--Instrument of
Culture--The Tribute--Distributed by the Chief--A warlike
Demonstration--Lechulatebe's Provocations--The Makololo
determine to punish him--The Bechuanas--Meaning of the Term--
Three Divisions of the great Family of South Africans.

Chapter 11. Departure from Linyanti for Sesheke--Level
Country--Ant-hills--Wild Date-trees--Appearance of our
Attendants on the March--The Chief's Guard--They attempt to