Then Umslopogaas rose and laughed aloud. "I am young in years," he

cried, "and scarcely come to the full strength of men; yet hitherto I

have not turned my back on lion or witch, on wolf or man. Now let us

see this impi of yours--this impi black and grey, that runs on four

"You must first bind on the she-wolf's hide, Umslopogaas," quoth

Galazi, "else, before a man could count his fingers twice there would

be little enough left of you. Bind it about the neck and beneath the

arms, and see that the fastenings do not burst, lest it be the worse