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"
We
'll
give
a
good
account
of
some
of
them
,
at
any
rate
.
Look
here
,
Quatermain
,
this
business
is
nasty
,
and
one
with
which
,
properly
speaking
,
we
ought
not
to
be
mixed
up
,
but
we
are
in
for
it
,
so
we
must
make
the
best
of
our
job
.
Speaking
personally
,
I
had
rather
be
killed
fighting
than
any
other
way
,
and
now
that
there
seems
little
chance
of
our
finding
my
poor
brother
,
it
makes
the
idea
easier
to
me
.
But
fortune
favours
the
brave
,
and
we
may
succeed
.
Anyway
,
the
battle
will
be
awful
,
and
having
a
reputation
to
keep
up
,
we
shall
need
to
be
in
the
thick
of
the
thing
.
"
He
made
this
last
remark
in
a
mournful
voice
,
but
there
was
a
gleam
in
his
eye
which
belied
its
melancholy
.
I
have
an
idea
Sir
Henry
Curtis
actually
likes
fighting
.
After
this
we
went
to
sleep
for
a
couple
of
hours
or
so
.
Just
about
dawn
we
were
awakened
by
Infadoos
,
who
came
to
say
that
great
activity
was
to
be
observed
in
Loo
,
and
that
parties
of
the
king
's
skirmishers
were
driving
in
our
outposts
.
We
rose
and
dressed
ourselves
for
the
fray
,
each
putting
on
his
chain
armour
shirt
,
for
which
garments
at
the
present
juncture
we
felt
exceedingly
thankful
.
Sir
Henry
went
the
whole
length
about
the
matter
,
and
dressed
himself
like
a
native
warrior
.
"
When
you
are
in
Kukuanaland
,
do
as
the
Kukuanas
do
,
"
he
remarked
,
as
he
drew
the
shining
steel
over
his
broad
breast
,
which
it
fitted
like
a
glove
.
Nor
did
he
stop
there
.
At
his
request
Infadoos
had
provided
him
with
a
complete
set
of
native
war
uniform
.
Round
his
throat
he
fastened
the
leopard-skin
cloak
of
a
commanding
officer
,
on
his
brows
he
bound
the
plume
of
black
ostrich
feathers
worn
only
by
generals
of
high
rank
,
and
about
his
middle
a
magnificent
moocha
of
white
ox-tails
.
A
pair
of
sandals
,
a
leglet
of
goat
's
hair
,
a
heavy
battle-axe
with
a
rhinoceros-horn
handle
,
a
round
iron
shield
covered
with
white
ox-hide
,
and
the
regulation
number
of
tollas
,
or
throwing-knives
,
made
up
his
equipment
,
to
which
,
however
,
he
added
his
revolver
.
The
dress
was
,
no
doubt
,
a
savage
one
,
but
I
am
bound
to
say
that
I
seldom
saw
a
finer
sight
than
Sir
Henry
Curtis
presented
in
this
guise
.
It
showed
off
his
magnificent
physique
to
the
greatest
advantage
,
and
when
Ignosi
arrived
presently
,
arrayed
in
a
similar
costume
,
I
thought
to
myself
that
I
had
never
before
seen
two
such
splendid
men
.
As
for
Good
and
myself
,
the
armour
did
not
suit
us
nearly
so
well
.
To
begin
with
,
Good
insisted
upon
keeping
on
his
new-found
trousers
,
and
a
stout
,
short
gentleman
with
an
eye-glass
,
and
one
half
of
his
face
shaved
,
arrayed
in
a
mail
shirt
,
carefully
tucked
into
a
very
seedy
pair
of
corduroys
,
looks
more
remarkable
than
imposing
.
In
my
case
,
the
chain
shirt
being
too
big
for
me
,
I
put
it
on
over
all
my
clothes
,
which
caused
it
to
bulge
in
a
somewhat
ungainly
fashion
.
I
discarded
my
trousers
,
however
,
retaining
only
my
veldtschoons
,
having
determined
to
go
into
battle
with
bare
legs
,
in
order
to
be
the
lighter
for
running
,
in
case
it
became
necessary
to
retire
quickly
.
The
mail
coat
,
a
spear
,
a
shield
,
that
I
did
not
know
how
to
use
,
a
couple
of
tollas
,
a
revolver
,
and
a
huge
plume
,
which
I
pinned
into
the
top
of
my
shooting
hat
,
in
order
to
give
a
bloodthirsty
finish
to
my
appearance
,
completed
my
modest
equipment
.
In
addition
to
all
these
articles
,
of
course
we
had
our
rifles
,
but
as
ammunition
was
scarce
,
and
as
they
would
be
useless
in
case
of
a
charge
,
we
arranged
that
they
should
be
carried
behind
us
by
bearers
.
When
at
length
we
had
equipped
ourselves
,
we
swallowed
some
food
hastily
,
and
then
started
out
to
see
how
things
were
going
on
.
At
one
point
in
the
table-land
of
the
mountain
,
there
was
a
little
koppie
of
brown
stone
,
which
served
the
double
purpose
of
head-quarters
and
of
a
conning
tower
.
Here
we
found
Infadoos
surrounded
by
his
own
regiment
,
the
Greys
,
which
was
undoubtedly
the
finest
in
the
Kukuana
army
,
and
the
same
that
we
had
first
seen
at
the
outlying
kraal
.
This
regiment
,
now
three
thousand
five
hundred
strong
,
was
being
held
in
reserve
,
and
the
men
were
lying
down
on
the
grass
in
companies
,
and
watching
the
king
's
forces
creep
out
of
Loo
in
long
ant-like
columns
.
There
seemed
to
be
no
end
to
the
length
of
these
columns
--
three
in
all
,
and
each
of
them
numbering
,
as
we
judged
,
at
least
eleven
or
twelve
thousand
men
.
As
soon
as
they
were
clear
of
the
town
the
regiments
formed
up
.
Then
one
body
marched
off
to
the
right
,
one
to
the
left
,
and
the
third
came
on
slowly
towards
us
.
"
Ah
,
"
said
Infadoos
,
"
they
are
going
to
attack
us
on
three
sides
at
once
.
"
