ABSTRACT
ON October the 5th, Uloziba, the mother of the town, (Inyati) and the great wife of the king, having died from rheumatic fever, in which the heart became involved, the king left the place, never again to return. It is the custom of the Amandebele tribe-which custom is strictly observed by the king-that when the great queen dies at a certain town, such a town is for ever deserted by her husband, who henceforth takes up his quarters at the town of the next great queen. Uloziba was buried in one of the cow-pens, an honour which is only conferred upon the most distinguished and great. Umzilikazi, having remained for a time ,vith his life-guard out in the forest, moved on from town to town Ulltil at last he reached Umhlahlanhlela. This town ,vas about twellty miles to the south-west of Inyati, and belonged to Ukogiwe, she being now the greatest of the king's three hundred wives. This event very considerably altered the position of Inyati in its relations to the other towns of the country, and from being the first in the land, it became, in some sense, the last. This change affected our Inission very materially, as by it the centre of life and attraction was removed to Umhlahlanhlela, and the
multitudes of people 'VI10 used frOlll all directi011s to come together to Inyati, were seen there no Inore. Notwithstanding his three hundrec1 wives, Urnzilikazi mIssed Uloziba very much, a11c1 InourIlec1 after 11er as if 11e had 110 other ,vife, llSi11g such expressi011S as these,-" I feel sad after her." " We were 11appy together, and we plliled ,veIl together."
