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Show AN AFRICAN KINO REFORMS. II Bkoum a Taetolaltr, (all killing Feopli aail St opt tht Mara Trade. A few years ngo King Lewanika, the ruler of the great Ba Kotse people on the Upper Zambesi, was held up to the world by a number of travelers as a particularly hideous and despicable African ruler. Almost every day he indulged in the pastime of human sacrifices. He was constantly fitting out expeditions to capture slaves and he seemed to embody all the vices and none of tho virtues of the native princes of Africa. ! The missionary, Colliard, who became be-came famous for the succor which he gave to Serpa Pinto, which undoubt-edly undoubt-edly saved the; life of that explorer, now writes, that King Lewanika has turned over a new leaf. Colliard and some other missionaries have been in the king's country for a number of years, and tho good influence of this admirable man und his assistants doubtless explains tho change that has come over tho dusky monarch. Colliard soys that within the last three years the king has not offered up a single victim us a sacrifico. He has also become a teetotaler, and ho also tries to prevent his chiefs from indulging in-dulging in drink. He docs not permit the sale of native beer in his capital. Thero is a good deal of grumbling over this mandate of tho king, but thoso who live in bis chief town and tho neighborhood are compelled to obey him. lie has also ceased to send out slave-raiding expeditions, and does not permit his people to sell slaves to caravans. This year a largo caravan of black merchants came from Bihe, and the king learned that his people bad sold quite a number of slaves to the caravan. Before the merchants left bis country King Lewanika liberated lib-erated all the slaves and imposed a fine upon tho merchants by confiscating a part of their ivory. The British South Africa company expoctsto have this large region, first made known to us by Livingstono, under its control.; I j |