But Umslopogaas, having peered once more down the burrow, said: "Hold, Galazi; I will go first! I have a plan.

Do you follow me.

And you, my children, shout loudly, so that none may hear us move; and, if we win through, follow swiftly, for we cannot hold the mouth of that place for long.

Hearken, also! this is my counsel to you: if I fall choose another chief--Galazi the Wolf, if he is still living." "Nay, Slaughterer, do not name me," said the Wolf, "for together we live or die." "So let it be, Galazi.

Then choose you some other man and try this road no more, for if we cannot pass it none can, but seek food and sit down here till those jackals bolt; then be ready.