CHAPTER X.

FROM MOLOPOLOLE TO SHOSHONG.

Picturesque situation of Molopolole--Sechele’s territory--Bakuena architecture--Excursion up the glen--The missionaries--Kotlas--My reception by Sechele--A young prince--Environs of Molopolole--Manners and customs of the Bechuanas--Religious ceremonies--Linyakas--Medical practice--Amulets--Moloi--The exorcising of Khame--Rain-doctors--Departure from Molopolole--A painful march--Want of water--The Barwas and Masarwas--Their superstition and mode of hunting--New Year’s Day in the wilderness--Lost in the woods--Saved by a Masarwa--Wild honey--The Bamangwato highlands--Arrival at Shoshong 312