The Masai are no believers in wounded enemies, or mercy on the battlefield.
We doubted the assertion for a while--I especially, for none but a hypochondriac would care to admit without proof that gangrene had been forced into his system.

Kazimoto grew indignant, and offered to prove the truth of his claim on some animal.

But there was no living animal in sight on which to prove it.

We asked him how long gangrene, injected in that way, took to kill a man.
"Very few minutes!" he answered.
Then it occurred that none of us knew what to do.

Kazimoto announced that he knew, and offered to make good at once if given permission.