"And does Bausi mean to give us up ?" "How can Bausi give up Dogeetah who is his blood brother, and you, his friend ?" exclaimed the old general, indignantly.

"Bausi sends me to his brother Dogeetah that he may receive the orders of the white man's wisdom, spoken through your mouth, lord Macumazana." "Then there's a good spirit in Bausi," I replied, "and these are Dogeetah's orders spoken through my mouth.

Go to Hassan's messengers and ask him whether he remembers a certain letter which two white men left for him outside their camp in a cleft stick.

Tell him that the time has now come for those white men to fulfil the promise they made in that letter and that before to-morrow he will be hanging on a tree.

Then, Babemba, gather your soldiers and hold the north gate of the town for as long as you can, defending it with bows and arrows.