He came after evening service, and I explained a little to him, and showed him woodcuts in the 'Bible Dictionary,' which he readily understood.
_11th February, 1867._--The chief sent us a basket of hippopotamus flesh from the Chambeze, and a large one of green maize.

He says the three cloths I offered are still mine: all he wants is a box and blanket; if not a blanket, a box must be given, a tin one.

He keeps out of my way, by going to the gardens every morning.

He is good-natured, and our intercourse is a laughing one; but the boys betray their terrors in their tone of voice, and render my words powerless.
The black and white, and the brownish-grey water wagtails are remarkably tame.

They come about the huts and even into them, and no one ever disturbs them.