CHAPTER IX.

SECOND VISIT TO THE MARUTSE KINGDOM.

Departure for Impalera--A Masupia funeral--Sepopo’s wives--Travelling plans--Flora and fauna of the Sesheke woods--Arrival of a caravan--A fishing excursion--Mashoku, the king’s executioner--Massangu--The prophetic dance--Visit from the queens--Blacksmith’s bellows--Crocodiles and crocodile-tackle--The Mankoë--Constitution and officials of the Marutse kingdom--A royal elephant-hunt--Excursion to the woods--A buffalo-hunt--Chasing a lioness--The lion dance--Mashukulumbe at Sepopo’s court--Moquai, the king’s daughter--Marriage festivities 214