hands were open beside him, he leaned upon them, and in the right hand

was a piece of hide from his moocha. It was half eaten, Umslopogaas;

he had eaten it before he died. His eyes also were bound round with a

band of leather, as though to hide something from their gaze, one foot

was gone, one hung over the edge of the niche towards the floor, and

beneath it on the floor, red with rust, lay the blade of a broken

"Now come hither, Umslopogaas, place your hand upon the wall of the

cave, just here; it is smooth, is it not?--smooth as the stones on