He will bite, if an animal is running away; but if the animal stand still, so does he.

Seventeen of our draught oxen ran away, and in their flight went right into the hands of Sekomi, whom, from his being unfriendly to our success, we had no particular wish to see.

Cattle-stealing, such as in the circumstances might have occurred in Caffraria, is here unknown; so Sekomi sent back our oxen, and a message strongly dissuading us against attempting the Desert.

"Where are you going?
You will be killed by the sun and thirst, and then all the white men will blame me for not saving you." This was backed by a private message from his mother.

"Why do you pass me?
I always made the people collect to hear the word that you have got.