They are generally of a white color, and are quite wild, running off with graceful ease like a herd of elands on the approach of a stranger.

They excited the unbounded admiration of the Makololo, and clearly proved that the country was well adapted for them.
When Katema wishes to slaughter one, he is obliged to shoot it as if it were a buffalo.

Matiamvo is said to possess a herd of cattle in a similar state.

I never could feel certain as to the reason why they do not all possess cattle in a country containing such splendid pasturage.
As Katema did not offer an ox, as would have been done by a Makololo or Caffre chief, we slaughtered one of our own, and all of us were delighted to get a meal of meat, after subsisting so long on the light porridge and green maize of Londa.

On occasions of slaughtering an animal, some pieces of it are in the fire before the skin is all removed from the body.