Then of a sudden they saw Umslopogaas, and rushed at him open-mouthed.
"Stand and do not move!" cried Galazi.

"Be not afraid!" "I have always fondled dogs," answered Umslopogaas, "shall I learn to fear them now ?" Yet though he spoke boldly, in his heart he was afraid, for this was the most terrible of all sights.

The wolves rushed on him open-mouthed, from before and from behind, so that in a breath he was well-nigh hidden by their forms.

Yet no fang pierced him, for as they leapt they smelt the smell of the skin upon him.

Then Umslopogaas saw that the wolves leapt at him no more, but the she-wolves gathered round him who wore the she-wolf's skin.