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i - T. 1 V. n i ' V kin;; SO HOB'S Il. n" if. niM.it h.w;;aki. w m rloinis irojii :i ik-kI vi Kii'nv not, and we sluy tin m. li i iiiu tiiinl i.irl of tins lift; f a 111:111 siiicr tiii' wis .1 Wiir. Mitny thousand lnr 1 in 11, l)itt w; lir.ilroyi'il lli.s; wIhxmiih-t. n.it "is ii. N siin;i lln.-il tn Ti; Jias Imm-ii no war.-' "Voiir warrioi s must ri".v v:try of iv-1-iu on their .s;. ai '." "My lord, tlni was one war, just after we Wcslioycil tlie n;oile that canit: down uxn uh, hut it was a civil war, dot; eat dug." "How was that?" "My, lord, the kintr, my half-brother, had a brother horn at the same birth, ami of the huiim woman. It is notour custom, my lord, to let twins live, the weakest must always die. Hut the mother of the king hid away the weakest child, which was born last, for ker heart yearned over it, ami the child is Twala, the king. I am his younger broth er bbrn of another wife." "Weir" "My lord, Kafa. our father, died when we came to manhood, and my brother Imotu was made king in his place, and fur a space reigned and had a son by his favorite wife. When the babe was three years old. just af ter the irreat war, during which no man could sow or reap, a famine came upon the land, and the people murmured because of the famine, and looked round like a starved lion for something to rend. Then it was that Gagool, the wise woman, who does not die, proclaimed to the people, saying, 'The King imotu is no king.' And at tho time linotu was sick with a wound, and lay in his but not able to move. "Then Gagool went into a hut and led out Twala, my half-brother, and the twin broth er of the king, whom she had hidden since tie was born among the caves and rocks, ami stripping the 'moooha' (waist-cloth) off his loins, showed the eople of the Kukuanas the mark of the sacred snake coiled round bis waist, wherewith the eldest son of the king is marked at birth, and cried out loud, 'Heboid, your king whom I have saved foi you even to this day T And the people be ing mad with hunger, and altogether bereft of reason and the knowledge of truth, cried out. The king! The king!' but 1 knew thai it was not so, for Imotu, my brother, was the elder of the twins, and was the lawful king. And just as the tumult was at its height imotu the king, though he was very sick, came crawling lrom his hut holding his wife by the hand, and followed by his little son Ignosi (the lightning). 'What is the noise? he asked ; 'why cry ye "The kiug! the king?" ' "Then Twala, his own brother, born of the same woman and in the same hour, ran to him, and taking him by the hair stabbed him through the heart with his knife. And the people being tickle, and ever ready to worship the rising sun, clapped their hand: and cried, Twala is king ! Now we know that Twala Ls king r" "And what became of his wife and bei son Ignosi? Did Twala kill them, too?" "Nay, my lord. When she saw that her lord was dead she seized the child with a cry, and ran away. Two days afterward she came to a kraal very hungry, and none would give her milk or food, now that her lord the king was dead, for all men hate the unfortunate. But at night-fall a little child, a girl, crept out and brought her to eat, and she blessed' the child, and went on toward the mountains with her bov before the sun rose again, where she must have perished, for none have seen her since, nor the child Ignosi." 'Then if this child Ignosi had lived he would be the true king of the Kukuana peo ple?" "That is so, mv lord; the sacred snake is round his middle. If he lives he is the king; but alas! he is long dead." 'See, my lord," and he pointed to a vast collection of huts surrounded with a fence, which was in its turn surrounded by a great ditch, that lay on the plain beneath us. That is the kraal where the wife of Imotu was last seen with the child Ienosi. It is there that we shall sleep to-night, if, in deed," he added, doubtfully, "my lords sleep at all upon this earth." "When we are among the Ktikuanafi, my J friend Infadoo, we do as the Kukiianas j do," lsaid, majestically; and 1 turned round suddenly to address Good, who was tramp ing aiong suueniy oennid, las mind fullv oc cupied with unsatisfactory attempts to keep ins naunei snirt rrom flannmz ud in the evening breeze, and to my astonishment but ted into Linbopa, who was walking alon iiMiuruiaitriy oeiuiid me, an i nad very evi dently been listening with the greatest in terest to my conversation with Infadoos. The expresM"n:i on his face was most curi ous, and gaw the idea of a man who was struggling with partial success to bring something long ago forgotten back into his uiinL All this while we had been pressing on at a good rate down toward the undulating plain beneath. The mountains we had crossed now loomed high above us, and Siieba's Ilreasts were modestly veiled in diaphanous wreaths of mint. As we went on the country grew more and inure lovely. The vegetation was luxuriant; without be ing tropical, the sun was bright and warm, but not bumiiiir. and asrraciuus breeze blew softly along the odorous slopes of the moun tains. And. indeed, this new land was little less than an earthlv Paradise: in hoantv in uatural wealth, and in climate I have seen its like. The Transvaal is a tine try, but it is nothing to Kwkuanalaud. never coun- Ho soon as we started Infadoos had dis patched a runner on t. warn the ieople of the kraal, which, by the way, was in his military co:;itnaml, of our arrival. This man had departed at an extraordinary speed. which iniaiioos bad ununited me lie would keep up all the way. as running was an ex ercise liiil -i; :ir;i.-i;c:-d aiiiong his people. The resmr of this iriesaire now became apparent. When we got within two miles of the kraal we could see that company after company of men was issuing from its gates and marching toward us. Sir Ilwnry laid his hand uioii my arm, and remarked that it looked as though we were going to meet with a warm reception. Some thing iu his tone attracted infadoos' atten tion. "Let not my lords be afraid." he said, has tily, "for in my breast there dwells no guile. This regiment is one under my command, and comes out by my orders to greet you." I nodded easily, though i was not quite easy in my mind. About a half a mile from the gate of the kraal was a long otretch of rising ground sloping gently upward from the road, and on thi the companies formed up. It was $ splendid tight t aee tfaeat, each company about three hundred strong, charging swiftly up the slope, with flashing spears and wav ing plumes, and taking their appointed place. By the tim we came to the slope twelve such, companies, or in all three thou sand six hundred men, had pawed out and tken iiDibeir tKnitioni alir the road. I'resently we came to tho first company, and were able to gaze in astonish men t on the most magnificent set of men 1 have evei seen. They were all men of mature age, mostly veterans of about forty, and nut one of them was under six feel in heicht, whilst many were six feet three or four. They wore upon their heads heavy bla k plumes of Sa caboola feathers, like those which adorned our guides. Koinid their waists and also Ix-ue.tth tin r i l; 1 1 1 knee were bound circlets of white ov-t.i'is. and in their left hands were round mi;'Ms about twenty niche!1 ;i-.-io.sH. Tiie.se suieMs wen very curious. Thki lrame ,rli cf.ns.sted of an iron plate 1 t;n out tliin over which was stretched iniik-whiie ox-hide. The weap ms that each man bore were simple, but most effective, consisting of a bhort and very heavy two-edged spear with a wooden shaft, the blade being about six inehes across at the widest part. These Fjiears were not used for throwing, but like the Zulu "bang wan." or Rfatibing assegai, were for close quarters only, when the wound inflicted by them was terrible. in addition to these bangwans each man also carried three large and heavy knives, each knife weighing about two pounds. One knife was lixed in the ox-tail girdle, and the other two at the back of the round shield. These knives, which are called "tollas" by the Kukuanas, take the place of the throwing assegai of tho Zulus. A Kukuana warrior can throw them with great accuracy at a distance of lifty yards, and it is their custom on charging to hurl a volley of them at the enemy as they come to close quarters. Kach company stood like a collection of bronze statues till we were opposite to it, when at a signal given by its commanding oflicer who, distinguished by a leopard skin cloak, stood some paces in front, every spear was raised into the air, and from three hun dred throats sprung forth with a sudden roar the royal salute of "ifoom." Then when we had passed the company formed up behind us, and followed us toward the kraal, till at last the whole regiment of the "Grays" (so cailed from their white shields), the crack corps of the Kukuana people, was march ing behind us with a tread that shook the ground. At length, branching off from Solomon's (ireat ltoad, we came to the wide fosse sur rounding the kraal, which was at least a mile round, and fenced with a strong pali side of piles formed of the trunks of trees. At the gateway this fosse was spanned by a primitive drawbridge which was let down by the guard to allow us to pass in. The kraal was exceedingly well laid out. Through the center ran a wide pathway intersected at right angles by other pathways so ar ranged as to cut the huts into square blocks, each block being the quarters of a company. The huts were dome-shaped and built, like those of the Zulus, of a framework of wat tle, beautifully thatched with grass; but, un like the Zulu huts, they had doorways through which one could walk. Also they were much larger, and surrounded with a veranda about six feet wide, beautifully paved with powdered lime, trodden hard. All along each side of the wide pathway that pierced the kraal, were ranged hundreds of women brought out by curiosity to look at us. These women are, for a native race, exceedingly handsome. . They are tall and graceful, and their figures are wonderfully tine. The hair, though short, is rather curly than woolly, tho features are frequently aquiline, and the lips are not unpleasantly thick as is the case in mast African races. But what struck us most was their exceed ingly quiet, disni tied air. They were all as well-bre t in their way as the habituca of tasiiionaDl? Urawii g-room, and in this re sct differ fioin Zulu women, and theii cousins tho M-isii who inhabit the district bhind Zin.ibir. Their curiosity had brou rht them out to see us, but they allowed no rude express! -ns of wonder or savage criticism to pass their lips as we trudged wearily in front of them. Not even when old Infadoos with a surreptitious motion ol tin hand pointed out tho crowning woudei of poor Good's "beautiful white legs," did they allow the feeling of intense admiration wl:ic!i evidently mastered their minds tc find expression. They fixed their dark eyes it ion their snowy loveliness (Good's skin if exceedingly white), and that was all. Bui this was quite enough for Good, who is mod est by nature. When we got to the center of the kraal, Infadoos halted at the door of a large hut, which was surrounded at a distance by a circle of smaller ones. enter, sons or tne stars," he said, in a magniloquent voice, "and deign to rest awhile in our humble habitations. A little food shall be brought to you, so that ye shall have no need to draw your belts tight from hunter; some honey and some milk, and an ox or two, and a few sheep; not much, my lords, but still a little food." "It is good," said I, "Infadoos, we are weary with traveling through realms of air: now let us rest." Accordingly we entered into the hut, which we found amply prepared for oui comfort Couches of tanned skins were spread for us to rest on, and water was placed for us to wash in. I'resently we heard a shouting .outside, and stepping to the door, saw a line of dam sels, bearing milk and roasted mealies, and honey in a pot. Behind these were some youths driving a fat ox. We received the gifts, and then one of the young men took the knife from his girdle and dexterously cut the ox's throat In ten minutes it was dead, skinned, and cut ur. The best of the meat was then cut off for us, and the rest I, in the name of our party, pre sented to the warriors round us, who took it off and distributed the "white men's gift" Umbopa set to work, with the assistance of an extremely prepossessing woman, to boil our portion in a large earthenware pot over a fire which was buitt outside the hut and when it was neartv readv we sent a message to Infadoos. and asked him. and Scragga the king's sou, to join ns. I ..... i i trnuy mey came, anci .Haunt? aown up on tlie little stools, of which there were sev eral about the hut (for the Kukuunas do not in general squat upon their launches like the Zulus), helped us to get tbrorth our din ner. The old gentleman was most affable and polite, but it struck us that fhe .young one regarded us with suspicion. He had, to gether with the rest of the party, been over awed by our white appearance and by oui maeic properjies; but it seemed to me that on uiscovermg mat we ate, drank and step! like other mortals, his awe was beginning to ""u ocrepiacea oy sullen suspicion wuicu uiauo us i eei ratner uncomfortable. In the course of our meal Sir Henry sug gested to me that it might be well to try and discover if our host knew anything of hit brother's fate, or if they had ever seen or heard of him; but on the whole. I thonrht that it would be wiser to say nothing of the waiter at mat lime. After supper we filled our pipes and lit them, a proceeding which filled Infadoos aud Scragga with astonishment The Kuku anas were evidently unacquainted with the divine uses of tobaeco-smoke. The herb was grown among them extensively; but like the Zulus, they only used it for snuff, and quite failed to identify it in its new form. PrwnUv I KtM InfadtVM whm w were I to proceed on our journey, ana was aengntea to learn that preparations had been made foi us to leave on the following morning, mes sengers having already left to inform Twala, tlie king, of our coming. It appeared that Twala was at his principal place, known as Loo, making ready fur the great annual feast which was held in the first week of June, At this gathering all the regimeuts, with the exception of cerbiin detachments left behind for garrison purposes, were brought up and paraded before tho king; and the great annual witch-hunt of which more by and by, was held. We were to start at dawn, and Infadoos, who was to nccump any ns. expected that we sLould, unless we were detained by accident or by swollen rivers, reach Lou on the night of the second day. When th-;, had given us this information our visitors bade us too !-nicht; and. having arranged to watch turn and turn about, three of us flung t.uiM-!ves down and slept tiie sweet sleep of the weary, whilst tho fourth sat up on the lookout for treachery. fllAITEI! IX. TWALA TIIE KINO). It will not be necessary for me to detail at length the incidents of our journey to lxx. It took two days' traveling along Solomon's Great Road, which pursued its even course right into the heart of Kiikuanaland. Suffice it to say that as we went the country seemed to grow richer and richer, and the kraals, with their wide surrounding belts of cultiva tion, more and more numerous. They were all built upon the same principles as the first ones we had reached, and were guarded by ample garrisons of troops. Indeed, in Ku kuanaland, ' as among the Germans, the Zulus, and the Masai, every able-bodied man was a soldier, so that the whole force of the nation is available for its wars, offensive or defensive. As we traveled along we were overtaken by thousands of warriors hurrying up to Loo to be present at the great annual review and festival, and a grander series of troops 1 never saw. At sunset on the second day we stopped to rest awhile upon the sum mit of some heights over which the road ran. and there on a beautiful and fertile plain be fore us was Loo itself. For a native town it was an enormous place, quite five miles round 1 should say, with outlying kraals jut tinir out from it which serve on grand occa sions as cantonments for the regiments, and a curious horseshoe-shaped hill, with which we were destined to become better acquaint ed, about two miles to the north. It was beautifully situated, and through the center of the kraal, dividing it into two portions, ran a river, which appeared to be bridged at several places, the same perhaps that we had seen from the slopes of Sheba's Breasts. Sixty or seventy miles away three great snow-capped mountains, placed like the points of a triangle, started up out of the level plain. The conformation of these mountains was unlike that of Sheba's Breasts, being sheer and precipitous, in stead of smooth and rounded. Infadoos saw- us looking at them, and vol unteered a remark: 'The road ends there," he said, pointing to the mountains known among the Kukua nas as the "Three Witches." "Why does it end?" I asked. "Who knows?" he answered with a shrug; "the mountains are full of caves, and there is a great pit between them.. It is there that the wise men of old time used to go to get whatever it was they came to this country for, and it is there now that our kings are buried in the Place of Death." "What was it they came for?" 1 asked, eagefly. "Nay, I know not My lords who come from the stars should know," he answered with a quick look. Evidently he knew more than he chose to say. "Yes," I went on, "you are right; in tlie stars we know many things. I have heard, for instance that the wise men of old came to these mountains to get bright stones, pretty playthings, and yellow iron." ,. "My lord is wise," he answered coldly; "I am but a child and cannot talk with my lord on such tilings. My lord must speak with Gagool the old, at the king's place, who is wise even as my lord," and he turned away. As soon as he was gone, I turned to the others and pointed out the mountains. "There are Solomon's diamond mines," 1 said. Umbopa wa3 standing with them, appar ently plunged in one of the fits of abstrac tion which were common to him, and caught my words. "Yes, Macuniazahn," he put in, in Zulu, "the diamonds are surely there, and you shall have them, since you white men are so fond of toys and money." "Uow do you know that Umbopa?" I asked sharply, for I did not like his myster ious ways. He laughed: "i dream it in the night, white men," and then he too turned upon his heel and went "Now what," said Sir Henry, "is our black friend at? lie knows more than he chooses to say, that is clear. By the way, Quatermain, has he heard anything of of my brother?" "Nothing; he has asked every one he has got friendly witu, but they all declare no white man has ever been seen in the country before." "Do you suptiose he ever got here at all?" suggested Good; "we have only reached the place by a miracle; is It likely he could have reached it at all without the map?" "I don't know," said Sir Henry gloomily, "but somehow I think that I shall find him." Slowly the sun sank, and then suddenly darkness rushed down on the land like a tangible thing. There was no breathing- space between the day and nigh?, no :t transformation-scene, for in these latitudes twilight does not exist The change from day to night is so quick and as absolute as tne change from life to death. The sun sank and the world was wreathed in shadows. Hut not for long, for see in the east there is a g.'ow, then a bent edge of silver light and at last the full bow of the crescent moon peeps above the plain and shoots its gleam ing arrows far and wide, filling tlie earth with a faint refulgence, as the glow of a good man's deeds shine for a while upon his little world after his sun has set lighting the traveler to a fuller dawn. We 6tood and watched the lovely sight, whilst the stars grew pale before this chastened majesty, and felt our hearts lifted up in the presence of a beauty we could not realize, much less describe. Mine bad been a rough life, my reader, but there are a few things 1 am thankfol to have lived for, and one of them is to have seen that moon rise over Kukuanaland. Presently our medita tions -were broken in upon by our polite friend Infadoos. 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