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your ants to see you at once She is in pain, and wishes you to

soothe her Go in; do not hesitate"

After a moment's pause he went in--that is, half of hiain with the rim of a pot about

his neck and his countenance veiled in a coating of what I took to be

honey

"Where is Ma

"Where I wish I was," he answered in a thick voice; "at a kraal five

hours' journey away"

Well, that was the first I heard of Ma hing to myself over the adventure of "the Old Cow,"

falsely described as "worn out," and wondering whether Uot

the honey out of his hair, the canvas was lifted, and a Kafir wrapped in

a kaross crept in and squatted before me

"Who are you?" I asked, for it was too dark to see the man's face

"Inkoosi," answered a deep voice, "I a hiourd of snuff in

token of hospitality Then I waited while he poured some of the snuff

into the palm of his hand and took it in the usual fashion