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set the fortunes of those who cling to ht of a man's muscles Decide, O father; say which

of the two of us is to sit at the head of your kraal after you have gone

over to the Spirits and are but an ancestor to be worshipped"

Now, Panda looked

out fro, Umqumbazi,

Cetewayo's mother, whispered into one of his ears, while Umbelazi's

ave I do not

know, although obviously it was not the same advice, since the poor man

rolled his eyes first at one and then at the other, and finally put his

hands over his ears that he !" shouted the audience "Who is to succeed you,

Cetewayo or U Panda, I saw that he fell into a kind of agony; his fat sides

heaved, and, although the day was cold, sweat ran from his brow

"What would the white men do in such a case?" he said toat the ground and speaking so

that few could hearHe would say that

others ht settle the matter after he was dead"