did. Therefore, when one told him that a certain wanderer named Masilo

would speak with him, he did not command that the man should be

killed, but bade them bring him before him. Presently there was a

sound of praising, and I saw a fat man, much worn with travel, who

crawled through the dust towards us giving the sibonga, that is,

naming the king by his royal names. Chaka bade him cease from praising

and tell his business. Then the man sat up and told all that tale

which you have heard, my father, of how a young man, great and strong,