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"
Not
this
time
,
my
boy
.
I
fancy
I
only
got
a
rap
on
the
head
,
which
knocked
me
stupid
.
How
has
it
ended
?
"
"
They
are
repulsed
at
every
point
for
a
while
.
The
loss
is
dreadfully
heavy
;
we
have
quite
two
thousand
killed
and
wounded
,
and
they
must
have
lost
three
.
Looks
,
there
's
a
sight
!
"
and
he
pointed
to
long
lines
of
men
advancing
by
fours
.
In
the
centre
of
every
group
of
four
,
and
being
borne
by
it
,
was
a
kind
of
hide
tray
,
of
which
a
Kukuana
force
always
carries
a
quantity
,
with
a
loop
for
a
handle
at
each
corner
.
On
these
trays
--
and
their
number
seemed
endless
--
lay
wounded
men
,
who
as
they
arrived
were
hastily
examined
by
the
medicine
men
,
of
whom
ten
were
attached
to
a
regiment
.
If
the
wound
was
not
of
a
fatal
character
the
sufferer
was
taken
away
and
attended
to
as
carefully
as
circumstances
would
allow
.
But
if
,
on
the
other
hand
,
the
injured
man
's
condition
proved
hopeless
,
what
followed
was
very
dreadful
,
though
doubtless
it
may
have
been
the
truest
mercy
.
One
of
the
doctors
,
under
pretence
of
carrying
out
an
examination
,
swiftly
opened
an
artery
with
a
sharp
knife
,
and
in
a
minute
or
two
the
sufferer
expired
painlessly
.
There
were
many
cases
that
day
in
which
this
was
done
.
In
fact
,
it
was
done
in
the
majority
of
cases
when
the
wound
was
in
the
body
,
for
the
gash
made
by
the
entry
of
the
enormously
broad
spears
used
by
the
Kukuanas
generally
rendered
recovery
impossible
.
In
most
instances
the
poor
sufferers
were
already
unconscious
,
and
in
others
the
fatal
"
nick
"
of
the
artery
was
inflicted
so
swiftly
and
painlessly
that
they
did
not
seem
to
notice
it
.
Still
it
was
a
ghastly
sight
,
and
one
from
which
we
were
glad
to
escape
;
indeed
,
I
never
remember
anything
of
the
kind
that
affected
me
more
than
seeing
those
gallant
soldiers
thus
put
out
of
pain
by
the
red-handed
medicine
men
,
except
,
indeed
,
on
one
occasion
when
,
after
an
attack
,
I
saw
a
force
of
Swazis
burying
their
hopelessly
wounded
alive
.
Hurrying
from
this
dreadful
scene
to
the
further
side
of
the
koppie
,
we
found
Sir
Henry
,
who
still
held
a
battle-axe
in
his
hand
,
Ignosi
,
Infadoos
,
and
one
or
two
of
the
chiefs
in
deep
consultation
.
"
Thank
Heaven
,
here
you
are
,
Quatermain
!
I
ca
n't
quite
make
out
what
Ignosi
wants
to
do
.
It
seems
that
though
we
have
beaten
off
the
attack
,
Twala
is
now
receiving
large
reinforcements
,
and
is
showing
a
disposition
to
invest
us
,
with
the
view
of
starving
us
out
.
"
"
That
's
awkward
.
"
"
Yes
;
especially
as
Infadoos
says
that
the
water
supply
has
given
out
.
"
"
My
lord
,
that
is
so
,
"
said
Infadoos
;
"
the
spring
can
not
supply
the
wants
of
so
great
a
multitude
,
and
it
is
failing
rapidly
.
Before
night
we
shall
all
be
thirsty
.
Listen
,
Macumazahn
.
Thou
art
wise
,
and
hast
doubtless
seen
many
wars
in
the
lands
from
whence
thou
camest
--
that
is
if
indeed
they
make
wars
in
the
Stars
.
Now
tell
us
,
what
shall
we
do
?
Twala
has
brought
up
many
fresh
men
to
take
the
place
of
those
who
have
fallen
.
Yet
Twala
has
learnt
his
lesson
;
the
hawk
did
not
think
to
find
the
heron
ready
;
but
our
beak
has
pierced
his
breast
;
he
fears
to
strike
at
us
again
.
We
too
are
wounded
,
and
he
will
wait
for
us
to
die
;
he
will
wind
himself
round
us
like
a
snake
round
a
buck
,
and
fight
the
fight
of
'
sit
down
.
'
"
"
I
hear
thee
,
"
I
said
.
