Now, Inkoosi," he added, looking at me sideways, "suppose you gave me the gun I ask for, and suppose you accompanied me with your own gun and your armed hunters, it would be fair that you should have half the cattle, would it not ?" "That's cool," I said.

"So, young man, you want to turn me into a cow-thief and get my throat cut by Panda for breaking the peace of his country ?" "Neither, Macumazahn, for these are my own cattle.

Listen, now, and I will tell you a story.

You have heard of Matiwane, the chief of the Amangwane ?" "Yes," I answered.

"His tribe lived near the head of the Umzinyati, did they not?
Then they were beaten by the Boers or the English, and Matiwane came under the Zulus.