He clutched the shaft with his hands, rocked, and fell, and Muata, taking his spear, thrust it between the great ribs.
"Yoh! the man-ape was dead, and the chief's wife broke the great teeth from the jaw, and cut off the hairs above the eyes.

She burnt them, and mixed them with his blood, for Muata to drink.

Muata drank and was strong.
"So those two passed through the forest, through the silent dark of the woods, in pain and hunger.

Passed out into the plains where there were kraals and yellow men in white coverings.
"And the chiefs wife spoke: 'Behold, it is for this I have suffered much for thee, Muata.

What I have sown in sorrow and pain I will reap in your strength.