Well, he had the fetich, whatever it was, and it was believed that he owed his conquests to it.

Mosilikatse tried to steal it, and that was why he had to fly to Matabeleland.

But with Tchaka it disappeared.

Dingaan did not have it, nor Panda, and Cetewayo never got it, though he searched the length and breadth of the country for it.

It had gone out of existence, and with it the chance of a Kaffir empire.' Captain Arcoll got up to light his pipe, and I noticed that his face was grave.