I the Old One, I the Wise One, I the _Isanusi_, the witch doctress!" Then she turned her bald vulture-head towards us.
"What seek ye, white men of the Stars--ah, yes, of the Stars?
Do ye seek a lost one?
Ye shall not find him here.

He is not here.

Never for ages upon ages has a white foot pressed this land; never except once, and I remember that he left it but to die.

Ye come for bright stones; I know it--I know it; ye shall find them when the blood is dry; but shall ye return whence ye came, or shall ye stop with me?
_Ha! ha! ha!_ "And thou, thou with the dark skin and the proud bearing," and she pointed her skinny finger at Umbopa, "who art _thou_, and what seekest _thou_?
Not stones that shine, not yellow metal that gleams, these thou leavest to 'white men from the Stars.' Methinks I know thee; methinks I can smell the smell of the blood in thy heart.

Strip off the girdle--" Here the features of this extraordinary creature became convulsed, and she fell to the ground foaming in an epileptic fit, and was carried into the hut.
The king rose up trembling, and waved his hand.