"You have sent out the little girls to fight, and they are frightened.

Let us show them the way." "No, no!" the chief Sususa answered, laughing.

"Wait a minute and the little girls will grow to women, and women are good enough to fight against Boers!" The attacking Zulus heard the mockery of their fellows, and rushed forward again with a roar.

But the Boers in the laager had found time to load, and they met with a warm reception.

Reserving their fire till the Zulus were packed like sheep in a kraal, they loosed into them with the roers, and the warriors fell in little heaps.