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So Masapo was led off, looking very dejected, and, having saluted the

King, we all went away

I should add that, except for the remission of the case to the court

of the witch-doctor, which, of course, was an instance of pure Kafir

superstition, this judg's seemed to me well reasoned and

just, very different indeed froaan

or Chaka, ont, on less evidence, to make a clean sweep not

only of the accused, but of all his family and dependents

About eight days later, during which ti of the

seemed to

have become Zila--that is, not to be talked about--I received a su itch-doctor had

been chosen for that bloody and barbarous cereo, since the place selected for the occasion was outside the

fence of the town of Nodwengu, on that great open stretch of ground

which lay at the mouth of the valley where I was camped Here, as I

approached, I saw a vast ether, fifty

deep or er than the pit

of a theatre On the in were seated many notable