dred necklaces; else lie said I might stop there for a
month.
At last I settled this confounded hongo, by paying
seven additional wires in lieu of the cloth: Halt, 30th. . . ’ and, delighted at the termination of this tedious
affair, I ordered a march. Like magic, however,
Yikora turned up, and said we must wait until he was
settled with. His rank was the same as the others, and
one bead less than I had given them he would not take.
I fought all the day out, but the next morning, as he deputed
his officers to take nine wires, these were given, and
then we went on with the journey.
Tripping along over the hill, we descended to a deep
To u th u n g tt Slst n ™ 7 watercourse, full of bulrushes, then over
another hill, from the heights of which we
saw Siiwarora’s palace, lying down in the Uthungii valley,
U th tm g u Galley
behind which again rose another hill of sandstone, faced
on the top with a dyke of white quartz. The scene was
very striking, for the palace enclosures, of great extent,
were well laid out to give effect. Three circles of milk
bush, one within the other, formed the boma, or ring-
fence. The chief’s hut (I do not think him worthy the
name of king, since the kingdom is divided in two) was