So much did he curse, indeed, that at length one of the Zulus, a man with a rough temper, said that if it were not for the Inkoos, meaning myself, he would put his assegai through him, and let the vultures carry him.

After this Pereira grew much more polite.

When the bearers became exhausted we set him on the pack-ox, which two of us led, while the other two supported him on either side.

It was in this fashion that at last we arrived at the camp one evening.
Here the Vrouw Prinsloo was the first to greet us.

We found her standing in the game path which we were following, quite a quarter of a mile from the wagons, with her hands set upon her broad hips and her feet apart.