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"How do I know that you are a true htunder his cloak, he produced so

wrapped in dried leaves, which he undid and handed to : "This is the token that Panda sends to you, Macu ain; also that you are

welcome to it, since the two little bullets which he sed as you

directed made him very ill, and he needs noit in the nised it at

once

It was a cardboard box of strong calomel pills, on the top of which was

written: "Allan Quatermain, Esq: One only to be taken as directed"

Without entering into explanations, I may state that I had taken "one as

directed," and subsequently presented the rest of the box to King Panda,

as very anxious to "taste the white nise the token, Macuravely; "and let the King return thanks to the spirits

of his ancestors that he did not s three of the balls, for if

he had done so, by now there would have been another Head in Zululand

Well, speak on, Messenger"

But to ely these

natives could mix up the sublime with the ridiculous Here was a matter

that must involve the death of many men, and the token sent to me by the

autocrat who stood at the back of it all, to prove the good faith of his

er, was a box of calomel pills! However, it served the purpose as

well as anything else

Maputa and I drew aside, for I saw that he wished to speak with me

alone