He who would sleep safe and of whom, when he dies, folk will say 'He has eaten' (i.e., he has lived out his life), must do more than this.

He must guard his tongue and even his thoughts! he must listen to the stirring of rats in the thatch and look for snakes in the grass; he must trust few, and least of all those who sleep upon his bosom.

But those who have the Lion's blood in them or who are prone to charge like a buffalo, often neglect these matters and therefore in the end they fall into a pit." "Yes," I answered, "especially those who have the lion's blood in them, whether that lion be man or beast." This I said because of the rumours I had heard that this Slaughterer was in truth the son of Chaka.

Therefore not knowing whether or no he were playing on the word "lion," which was Chaka's title, I wished to draw him, especially as I saw in his face a great likeness to Chaka's brother Dingaan, whom, it was whispered, this same Umslopogaas had slain.

As it happened I failed, for after a pause he said, "Why do you come to visit me, Macumazahn, who have never done so before ?" "I do not come to visit you, Umslopogaas.