Then Galazi, too, bounded forward, and the Wolf-Brethren sped down the hill, the length of four spears between them.
The Halakazi also saw and heard, and strove to gather themselves together to meet the rush.

In front of Umslopogaas was their chief, a tall man hedged about with assegais.

Straight at the shield-hedge drove Umslopogaas, and a score of spears were lifted to greet him, a score of shields heaved into the air--this was a fence that none might pass alive.

Yet would the Slaughterer pass it--not alone! See! he steadies his pace, he gathers himself together, and now he leaps! High into the air he leaps; his feet knock the heads of the warriors and rattle against the crowns of their shields.

They smite upwards with the spear, but he has swept over them like a swooping bird.