councillors bowed themselves on either side, and laid their hands on

their sticks, their foreheads touching the ground. But I sat down on

the floor of the hut over against the king, and we talked through the

"Tell me of the cattle that I sent thee to number, Mopo, son of

Makedama," said Chaka. "Have my servants dealt honestly with my

"They have dealt honestly, O king," I answered.

"Tell me, then, of the number of the cattle and of their markings,

So I sat and told him, ox by ox, cow by cow, and heifer by heifer,