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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Lewanika, late Paramount Chief of the Barotse Nation _Frontispiece_

The Skull of _Homo rhodesiensis_ from the Specimen at the
British Museum 1

The Giant Sable Antelope of Eastern Angola 28

The Mokwai Mataŭka of Nalolo with her husband (standing) and
interpreter (sitting) 37

One of Lewanika’s Aunts with Attendant 40

Lewanika’s Band (Mirupa and Silimba) 40

A Lujazi Village 44

Lewanika’s Head Paddlers 44

Arrival of the Nalikwanda 52

The Secretary for Native Affairs and the late Paramount Chief 52

The Nalikwanda 56

Government Messengers and a Post-runner at Nalolo 56

Crossing Cattle over the Zambezi 58

The Mokwai’s House and Fence at Nalolo 58

Capture of a young Crocodile 62

Arrival of Lewanika’s Subsidy at Lialui: carried by British South
Africa Company’s Messengers 62

Tax-payers 66

Royalty travelling by Boat 66

Mankoya Women dancing 70

“Well in swing” 70

Mambalangwe “Nuts” 74

Mat-makers, with Mats for Sale 78

A Mambalangwe Family 78

Gang of Natives proceeding to the Mines in Southern Rhodesia 82

Shooting Rapids 86

Ngonya Falls at Sioma, Barotseland 86

Food for Sale 88

The End of the Day’s Journey 88

“Liyumbo,” or Food-tribute 92

Travelling in Barotseland 92

The Author and the Mokwai of Nalolo 100

A Mrozi Boat and Crew 100

The Author and Lewanika 104

A Mumbunda Witch Doctor telling Fortunes 106

A Barotse Village 106

Start of a River Trip 110

Interior of Lewanika’s Dining-room 110

A Mambalangwe Belle 114

A Mankoya Chief and Retinue 118

A Traveller on the Zambezi 122

The Mankoya Chief, Mweni-Mutondo, and Band 122

Village School Boys, with Parents in foreground 128

Hauling Boats through Rapids 128

Portion of a Lubale Village 134

The Lunda Chief, Sinde, and Harem 134

(From a photograph kindly lent by Dr. SMITH WOODWARD, British Museum).

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