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Half an hour later the four of us ere aruns were posted

behind rocks on either side of the steep, natural roadway cut by water,

which led down to the vlei, and with us some of Umbezi's men That chief

himself was atTo tell the truth, I did not dissuade hiht that

I should be safer so than if he were opposite to o off of its own accord, Umbezi, when excited, was a

most uncertain shot The herd of buffalo appeared to have lain down in

the reeds, so, being careful to post ourselves first, we sent three of

the native bearers to the farther side of the vlei, with instructions to

rouse the beasts by shouting The remainder of the Zulus--there were ten

or a dozen of the spears--we kept with us

But what did these scoundrels do? Instead of disturbing the herd

bya noise, as we told them, for some reason best known to

theo into the

vlei, where they ht meet the horn of a buffalo at any moment--they