Katema is a tall man, about forty years of age, and his head was ornamented with a helmet of beads and feathers.

He had on a snuff-brown coat, with a broad band of tinsel down the arms, and carried in his hand a large tail made of the caudal extremities of a number of gnus.

This has charms attached to it, and he continued waving it in front of himself all the time we were there.

He seemed in good spirits, laughing heartily several times.

This is a good sign, for a man who shakes his sides with mirth is seldom difficult to deal with.