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"
That
is
an
odd
man
,
"
said
Sir
Henry
.
"
Yes
,
"
answered
I
,
"
too
odd
by
half
.
I
do
n't
like
his
little
ways
.
He
knows
something
,
and
will
not
speak
out
.
But
I
suppose
it
is
no
use
quarrelling
with
him
.
We
are
in
for
a
curious
trip
,
and
a
mysterious
Zulu
wo
n't
make
much
difference
one
way
or
another
.
"
Next
day
we
made
our
arrangements
for
starting
.
Of
course
it
was
impossible
to
drag
our
heavy
elephant
rifles
and
other
kit
with
us
across
the
desert
,
so
,
dismissing
our
bearers
,
we
made
an
arrangement
with
an
old
native
who
had
a
kraal
close
by
to
take
care
of
them
till
we
returned
.
It
went
to
my
heart
to
leave
such
things
as
those
sweet
tools
to
the
tender
mercies
of
an
old
thief
of
a
savage
whose
greedy
eyes
I
could
see
gloating
over
them
.
But
I
took
some
precautions
.
First
of
all
I
loaded
all
the
rifles
,
placing
them
at
full
cock
,
and
informed
him
that
if
he
touched
them
they
would
go
off
.
He
tried
the
experiment
instantly
with
my
eight-bore
,
and
it
did
go
off
,
and
blew
a
hole
right
through
one
of
his
oxen
,
which
were
just
then
being
driven
up
to
the
kraal
,
to
say
nothing
of
knocking
him
head
over
heels
with
the
recoil
.
He
got
up
considerably
startled
,
and
not
at
all
pleased
at
the
loss
of
the
ox
,
which
he
had
the
impudence
to
ask
me
to
pay
for
,
and
nothing
would
induce
him
to
touch
the
guns
again
.
"
Put
the
live
devils
out
of
the
way
up
there
in
the
thatch
,
"
he
said
,
"
or
they
will
murder
us
all
.
"
Then
I
told
him
that
,
when
we
came
back
,
if
one
of
those
things
was
missing
I
would
kill
him
and
his
people
by
witchcraft
;
and
if
we
died
and
he
tried
to
steal
the
rifles
I
would
come
and
haunt
him
and
turn
his
cattle
mad
and
his
milk
sour
till
life
was
a
weariness
,
and
would
make
the
devils
in
the
guns
come
out
and
talk
to
him
in
a
way
he
did
not
like
,
and
generally
gave
him
a
good
idea
of
judgment
to
come
.
After
that
he
promised
to
look
after
them
as
though
they
were
his
father
's
spirit
.
He
was
a
very
superstitious
old
Kafir
and
a
great
villain
.
Having
thus
disposed
of
our
superfluous
gear
we
arranged
the
kit
we
five
--
Sir
Henry
,
Good
,
myself
,
Umbopa
,
and
the
Hottentot
Ventvögel
--
were
to
take
with
us
on
our
journey
.
It
was
small
enough
,
but
do
what
we
would
we
could
not
get
its
weight
down
under
about
forty
pounds
a
man
.
This
is
what
it
consisted
of
:
--
The
three
express
rifles
and
two
hundred
rounds
of
ammunition
.
The
two
Winchester
repeating
rifles
(
for
Umbopa
and
Ventvögel
)
,
with
two
hundred
rounds
of
cartridge
.
