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He did not answer, but I believe the truth was that he had crept into

a large ant-bear's hole--small blame to him, to be frank Then the

remainder of our party turned up one by one, so way None were , except

those who had fired the reeds, and they thought it well to keep clear

for a good retted not

having taken a longer leave of absence; but when they finally did

arrive I was in no condition to note what passed between them and their

outraged chief

Being collected, the question arose e should do Of course, I

wished to return to caet out of this ill-omened place as soon

as possible But I had reckoned without the vanity of Ue of a sharp rock, whither he had been hoisted by

the nose of a buffalo, and i; but Uh, because of

his bruises, he supported his person with one hand in front and with the

other behind, knowing his injuries to be purely superficial, was quite

another

"I am a hunter," he said; "I am named 'Eater-up-of-Elephants';" and

he rolled his eyes, looking about for someone to contradict him, which

nobody did Indeed, his "praiser," a thin, tired-looking person, whose

voice orn out with his previous exertions, repeated in a feeble

way: "Yes, Black One, 'Eater-up-of-Elephants' is your name;

'Lifted-up-by-Buffalo' is your name"

"Be silent, idiot," roared Umbezi "As I said, I am a hunter; I have

wounded the wild beast that subsequently dared to assault me [As a

matter of fact, it was I, Allan Quatermain, who had wounded it] I would