I then gave him a dig on the head with my fist.

He squared up, and pouted like an enraged chameleon, looking savagely at me.

I gave him another dig, which sent him staggering.

He squared again: I gave him another; till at last, as the claret was flowing, he sulked off, and said he would not serve me any more.

I then gave Nasib orders to take Bombay's post, and commence the march; but the good old man made Bombay give in, and off we went, amidst crowds of Waganda, who had collected to witness with comedy, and were all digging at one another's heads, showing off in pantomime the strange ways of the white man.