Otter searched the scene with his eyes, that were as those of a hawk; then said quietly: "Look yonder, Baas; the old hag has not lied to us.

There is the city of the People of the Mist." Following the line of the dwarf's outstretched hand, Leonard saw what had at first escaped him, that standing back in a wide bend at the foot of the great mountain in front of them were a multitude of houses, built of grey stone and roofed with green turf.

Indeed, had not his attention been called to it, the town might well have missed observation until he was quite close to its walls, for the materials of which it was constructed resembled those of the boulders that lay about them in thousands, and the vivid green of its roofs gave it the appearance of a distant space of grassy land.
"Yes, there is the kraal of the Great People," said Otter again, "and it is a strong kraal.

See, Baas, they know how to defend themselves.

The mountain is behind them that none can climb, and all around their walls the river runs, joining itself together again on the plain beyond.