Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-27

Zambesi, and from the Sabis river to Lake Ngami. Age had dealt kindly with Baby jane, for as he, after an exchange of conh- dences, grew more familiar, he 1aughingly explained, white people grew too fast, ate to many strange and hot things, and, old as he was, his sight, teeth and strength were all still unimpaired, because the Matabele ripened more slowly and dined more sim- ply.
 It appears that King Lobengulo, disturbed by the various movements of the chiefs and powers around him, determined on the ad- vice of his chiefs to send mission, to Queen Victoria. The magnifcence of Windsor Castle delighted them, but the tall statu- esque guardsmen on duty astonished the in dumas. 'sThese soldiers are only put up for show," said Umshete. ''They are so big and stif-they cannot be alive" ooh, yes, they are," rejoined Babyjane; 'I saw their eyes move." The approach of the Queen put an end to further contention between them, for an officer cried. Present arms," and the guardsmen's arms rattled. Her majesty talked for some time with the indunas.
 Asked, among other things, if they suffered from the cold, they gave one of their char
 acteristic polite question answers: "How
 can we feel cold in the presence of the great
 white Queen, who can command both cold
 and heat, as we'll as light?"
 The Queen graciously desired to learn
 what she might give them from her own
 hand during the interview, and was told
 they would be delighted to get pinch of
 snuff from the royal hand. Unlike some of
 her not remote sovereign predecessors, hel
 majesty was without such @ commodity. However, after some little delay, tolerable
 pinch or two of snuff was procured, may
 hap from one of the Highland attendants, and, being wrapped in an envelope, it was handed by the Queen to the indunas, who ~ck reign. Umshete and Babyjane say they can tell their people the great white Queen is not dead, as the Boers have tried to make them believe. Her voice, her bearir,,, told
 them at once she was Queen. Umshete, speaking for himself said: 1T cannot tell you what would like and our King would like, until we get our answer. We have de- livered our words and the Kings letter, and your people will soon give us our answer. The Queen and Lord Knutsford know what has been said. It is for her to wish to do this thing or not"
 Then, coming to more familiar topics, in which no question of statecraft was involved, they said that London was the most wonder full sight of the many wonders they had What kraal. Houses everywhere. But, what is more than all, the great numbers of
 people running everywhere. There seemed
 no room for them for we could see them even
 running in the ditches." (This referred to
 the streets below streets, like Holboru via
 duct and Burlington road.) "This London
 must surely be the birthplace of all the
 white people the world over. You can run
 and travel for days and days and never get to
 the end of your bazaars. It is all one house
 of shops, full of intoondu goods of all kinds. She must be great Queen.
 Umshete and Babyjane have seen several of our theatres, museums and galleries, and during the course of this and next week will be shown Woolwich arsenal and Portsmouth dockYard, and one or two of the big iron. clads. When told they were yet to be taker to other mighty kraals-Birmingham Man chester and Liverpool-to see the English people at work, they raised their hands and asked, ''Can it be possible there are more | kraals than this in England2"
 Like all African races, they are very fond | of music, and the other day, on being showr l a child's musical box on top of which was 8 toy merry -go-round than spun about as the | tunes were reeled off, they olapped their
 hands and stamped and laughed with glee l moving them in unison with the swaying oi | the little automata on the machine. Over | the interior of piano and the mechanism \ of new rifle they stood lost in awe. Th' | scenery, dresses, glitter and dancing whicl | they have witnessed at the theatres have in
 duced them, they say, to doubt whether the. l areany more Umshete and Babyjane. Tn ladies were all as beautiful and bewitchine
 as goddesses, and did things as extraordinar. l as it was possible for their most fascinating l and powerful fetishes to perform. Witcl l doctors were bat babies and baboons com pared to the wonder workers they had see | with their own eyes in the English theatres