From Shoshong back to the Diamond Fields.
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by miserable misadventure he had shot his poor brother, supposing him to be an ape in the bushwood. The old woman hurried to Matsheng and gave her evidence as to the real facts of the case so clearly, that instead of furthering his scheme to become his father’s heir, the wretch was by the king’s order carried back to the scene of his crime, and was there himself shot with his brother’s gun.
TRAINING THE BOYS.
Among other customs which seem to belong more or less to all the Bantu tribes with whom I came in contact, there are some which remind us of the
