Onthe18thweenteredSesheke。Theoldtown，nowinruins，standsontheleftbankoftheriver。Thepeoplehavebuiltanotheronthesameside，aquarterofamilehigherup，sincetheirheadmanMoriantsianewasputtodeathforbewitchingthechiefwithleprosy。
Sekeletuwasontherightbank，nearanumberoftemporaryhuts。A
manhailedusfromthechiefsquarters，andrequestedustorestundertheoldKotla，orpublicmeeting-placetree。AyoungMakololo，withthelargethighswhichZulusandmostofthistribehave，crossedovertoreceiveordersfromthechief，whohadnotshownhimselftothepeoplesincehewasaffectedwithleprosy。OnreturningheranforMokele，theheadmanofthenewtown，who，aftergoingovertoSekeletu，camebackandconductedustoasmallbutgoodhut，andafterwardsbroughtusafinefatox，asapresentfromthechief。\"Thisisatimeofhunger，\"hesaid，\"andwehavenomeat，butweexpectsomesoonfromtheBarotseValley。”WewereentirelyoutoffoodwhenwereachedSesheke。NeverwasbettermeatthanthatoftheoxSekeletusent，andinfinitelyabovethefleshofallkindsofgameisbeef!
Aconstantstreamofvisitorsrolledinonusthedayafterourarrival。Severalofthem，whohadsufferedafflictionduringtheDoctor\'sabsence，seemedtobemuchaffectedonseeinghimagain。
Allwereinlowspirits。Aseveredroughthadcutoffthecrops，anddestroyedthepastureofLinyanti，andthepeoplewerescatteredoverthecountryinsearchofwildfruits，andthehospitalityofthosewhoseground-nutsArachishypogoeahadnotfailed。Sekeletu\'sleprosybroughttroopsofevilsinitstrain。Believinghimselfbewitched，hehadsuspectedanumberofhischiefmen，andhadputsome，withtheirfamilies，todeath；othershadfledtodistanttribes，andwerelivinginexile。Thechiefhadshuthimselfup，andallowednoonetocomeintohispresencebuthisuncleMamire。