The Makololo having set fire to the grass where they were cutting wood, a solitary buffalo rushed out of the conflagration, and made a furious charge at an active young fellow named Mantlanyane.

Never did his fleet limbs serve him better than during the few seconds of his fearful flight before the maddened animal.

When he reached the bank, and sprang into the river, the infuriated beast was scarcely six feet behind him.

Towards evening, after the day's labour in wood-cutting was over, some of the men went fishing.

They followed the common African custom of agitating the water, by giving it a few sharp strokes with the top of the fishing-rod, immediately after throwing in the line, to attract the attention of the fish to the bait.