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They said that they administer the caterpillar itself in combination with fat; they also rub fat into the wound, saying that "the N'gwa wants fat, and, when it does not find it in the body, kills the man: we give it what it wants, and it is content:" a reason which will commend itself to the enlightened among ourselves. This is particularly obnoxious to the equine race.
East. of Lunar Distances. d " d " W. E. Manakalongwe Pass. 22 55 52 . . . 1853, Jan. 26 Letloche. 22 38 0 . . . Jan. 28 Kanne. 22 26 56 . . . Jan. 31 Lotlokane, where the first 21 27 47 . . . Feb. 11, 12 Palmyra-trees occur. N'gwa Valley, half mile 18 27 20 24 13 36 Apr. 17 N. of hill. E. of and in parallel of 18 20 0 . . . Apr. 17 Wagon Station of 1851.
The sudden surprise makes the lion lose his presence of mind, and he bounds away in the greatest confusion and terror. Our friends here showed me the poison which they use on these occasions. It is the entrails of a caterpillar called N'gwa, half an inch long. They squeeze out these, and place them all around the bottom of the barb, and allow the poison to dry in the sun.
From the hill N'gwa a ridge of higher land runs to the northeast, and bounds its course in that direction. We, being ignorant of this, were in the valley, and the only gap in the whole country destitute of tsetse. In company with the Bushmen I explored all the banks of the Sanshureh to the west till we came into tsetse on that side.
It may please our homoeopathic friends to hear that, in curing the bite of the tampan, the natives administer one of the insects bruised in the medicine employed. * Another insect, resembling a maggot, burrows into the feet of the natives and sucks their blood. Mr. Mr. W. also thinks that the poison- yielding larva called N'gwa is a "species of chrysomelidae.
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