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Presently
they
came
,
and
sitting
down
upon
little
stools
,
of
which
there
were
several
about
the
hut
,
for
the
Kukuanas
do
not
in
general
squat
upon
their
haunches
like
the
Zulus
,
they
helped
us
to
get
through
our
dinner
.
The
old
gentleman
was
most
affable
and
polite
,
but
it
struck
me
that
the
young
one
regarded
us
with
doubt
.
Together
with
the
rest
of
the
party
,
he
had
been
overawed
by
our
white
appearance
and
by
our
magic
properties
;
but
it
seemed
to
me
that
,
on
discovering
that
we
ate
,
drank
,
and
slept
like
other
mortals
,
his
awe
was
beginning
to
wear
off
,
and
to
be
replaced
by
a
sullen
suspicion
--
which
made
me
feel
rather
uncomfortable
.
In
the
course
of
our
meal
Sir
Henry
suggested
to
me
that
it
might
be
well
to
try
to
discover
if
our
hosts
knew
anything
of
his
brother
's
fate
,
or
if
they
had
ever
seen
or
heard
of
him
;
but
,
on
the
whole
,
I
thought
that
it
would
be
wiser
to
say
nothing
of
the
matter
at
this
time
.
It
was
difficult
to
explain
a
relative
lost
from
"
the
Stars
.
"
After
supper
we
produced
our
pipes
and
lit
them
;
a
proceeding
which
filled
Infadoos
and
Scragga
with
astonishment
.
The
Kukuanas
were
evidently
unacquainted
with
the
divine
delights
of
tobacco-smoke
.
The
herb
is
grown
among
them
extensively
;
but
,
like
the
Zulus
,
they
use
it
for
snuff
only
,
and
quite
failed
to
identify
it
in
its
new
form
.
Presently
I
asked
Infadoos
when
we
were
to
proceed
on
our
journey
,
and
was
delighted
to
learn
that
preparations
had
been
made
for
us
to
leave
on
the
following
morning
,
messengers
having
already
departed
to
inform
Twala
the
king
of
our
coming
It
appeared
that
Twala
was
at
his
principal
place
,
known
as
Loo
,
making
ready
for
the
great
annual
feast
which
was
to
be
held
in
the
first
week
of
June
.
At
this
gathering
all
the
regiments
,
with
the
exception
of
certain
detachments
left
behind
for
garrison
purposes
,
are
brought
up
and
paraded
before
the
king
;
and
the
great
annual
witch-hunt
,
of
which
more
by-and-by
,
is
held
.
We
were
to
start
at
dawn
;
and
Infadoos
,
who
was
to
accompany
us
,
expected
that
we
should
reach
Loo
on
the
night
of
the
second
day
,
unless
we
were
detained
by
accident
or
by
swollen
rivers
.
When
they
had
given
us
this
information
our
visitors
bade
us
good-night
;
and
,
having
arranged
to
watch
turn
and
turn
about
,
three
of
us
flung
ourselves
down
and
slept
the
sweet
sleep
of
the
weary
,
whilst
the
fourth
sat
up
on
the
look-out
for
possible
treachery
.
It
will
not
be
necessary
for
me
to
detail
at
length
the
incidents
of
our
journey
to
Loo
.
It
took
two
full
days
'
travelling
along
Solomon
's
Great
Road
,
which
pursued
its
even
course
right
into
the
heart
of
Kukuanaland
.
Suffice
it
to
say
that
as
we
went
the
country
seemed
to
grow
richer
and
richer
,
and
the
kraals
,
with
their
wide
surrounding
belts
of
cultivation
,
more
and
more
numerous
.
They
were
all
built
upon
the
same
principles
as
the
first
camp
which
we
had
reached
,
and
were
guarded
by
ample
garrisons
of
troops
.
Indeed
,
in
Kukuanaland
,
as
among
the
Germans
,
the
Zulus
,
and
the
Masai
,
every
able-bodied
man
is
a
soldier
,
so
that
the
whole
force
of
the
nation
is
available
for
its
wars
,
offensive
or
defensive
.
As
we
travelled
we
were
overtaken
by
thousands
of
warriors
hurrying
up
to
Loo
to
be
present
at
the
great
annual
review
and
festival
,
and
more
splendid
troops
I
never
saw
.
At
sunset
on
the
second
day
,
we
stopped
to
rest
awhile
upon
the
summit
of
some
heights
over
which
the
road
ran
,
and
there
on
a
beautiful
and
fertile
plain
before
us
lay
Loo
itself
.
For
a
native
town
it
is
an
enormous
place
,
quite
five
miles
round
,
I
should
say
,
with
outlying
kraals
projecting
from
it
,
that
serve
on
grand
occasions
as
cantonments
for
the
regiments
,
and
a
curious
horseshoe-shaped
hill
,
with
which
we
were
destined
to
become
better
acquainted
,
about
two
miles
to
the
north
.
It
is
beautifully
situated
,
and
through
the
centre
of
the
kraal
,
dividing
it
into
two
portions
,
runs
a
river
,
which
appeared
to
be
bridged
in
several
places
,
the
same
indeed
that
we
had
seen
from
the
slopes
of
Sheba
's
Breasts
.
Sixty
or
seventy
miles
away
three
great
snow-capped
mountains
,
placed
at
the
points
of
a
triangle
,
started
out
of
the
level
plain
.
The
conformation
of
these
mountains
is
unlike
that
of
Sheba
's
Breasts
,
being
sheer
and
precipitous
,
instead
of
smooth
and
rounded
.
