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Three men whom he had brought from Kuruman having suffered greatly from fever, he sent them back with Fleming, a trader, who had followed his footsteps. His new attendants he named Zambesians, for there were only two Makololo men the rest consisting of Barotse, Batoka, and other tribes.
They were in a sad state, poor fellows; for the rains we had encountered had made their skin-clothing drop off piecemeal, and they were looked upon with disgust by the well-fed and well-clothed Zambesians.
I was then entirely dependent on my twenty-seven men, whom I might name Zambesians, for there were two Makololo only, while the rest consisted of Barotse, Batoka, Bashubia, and two of the Ambonda.
Allow me but a trifling emendation, and Matthew Arnold's lines will serve to indicate that romance. Substituting 'Zambesians' for 'Iberians, he gave us the last lines of 'The Scholar Gipsy. 'In that era of Tyre's trade, he concluded, 'I place the golden age of our country a golden age which under our own Imperial rule begins anew. 'H'm, said Spenser.
Our complement consisted of seven native Zambesians, two boys, and four Europeans; namely, one stoker, one sailor, one carpenter, whose names have been already mentioned, and Dr. Livingstone, as navigator. The "Lady Nyassa" had shown herself to be a good sea-boat. The natives had proved themselves capital sailors, though before volunteering not one of them had ever seen the sea.
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