In this they placed him in a
sitting position with his face turned towards Zululand, setting by his
side two gourds that belonged to him, one filled with water and the
other with grain. Also they gave him a blanket and his two assegais,
tearing the blanket and breaking the handles of the spears, to "kill"
them as they said. Then quietly enough they threw in the earth about
him and filled the top of the hole with large stones to prevent the
hyenas from digging him up. This done, one by one, they walked past
the grave, each man stopping to bid him farewell by name. Mavovo, who
came last, made a little speech, telling the deceased to /namba
kachle/, that is, go comfortably to the land of ghosts, as, he added,
no doubt he would do who had died as a man should. He requested him,
moreover, if he returned as a spirit, to bring good and not ill-
fortune on us, since otherwise when he, Mavovo, became a spirit in his
turn, he would have words to say to him on the matter. In conclusion,
he remarked that as his, Mavovo's Snake, had foretold this event at
Durban, a fact with which the deceased would now be acquainted he, the
said deceased, could never complain of not having received value for
the shilling he had paid as a divining fee.
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