You will find sacks for bedding, and the place is snug enough on a cold night.' He thanked me with a grave dignity which I had never seen in any Kaffir.

As my eye fell on his splendid proportions I forgot all else in my admiration of the man.

In his minister's clothes he had looked only a heavily built native, but now in his savage dress I saw how noble a figure he made.

He must have been at least six feet and a half, but his chest was so deep and his shoulders so massive that one did not remark his height.

He put a hand on my saddle, and I remember noting how slim and fine it was, more like a high-bred woman's than a man's.