night. Come now, have you the heart, Umslopogaas?"

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