PANDA'S REGIMENTS. 



height and strength. They were armed with a very heavy 

 spear for stabbing, and their shields were made of ox- 

 hides, and were stained black. "Ma mee!" They were 

 strong ! exclaimed Eondema. Then there were the 

 Ingulubij or Wild-pigs ; the Inyarti, or Buffaloes ; the 

 Imvubu, or Hippopotami; the Impofarn, &c. All these 

 regiments were armed with spears and shields. They 

 imitated the actions and noises of the animals from which 

 they took their names, and were obliged in their battles 

 to bring back their own or their enemy's shield and 

 assagy. When they attacked, they rushed on at a charge 

 in line. One or two assagies, used for throwing, were 

 lighter than those used for stabbing, and were thrown 

 at the enemy when within about forty yards. * 



The regiment was divided into divisions, the right 

 division throwing their spears to their left half-face, and 

 the left division to their right half-face. This arrange- 

 ment was intended to dazzle the enemy, and make the 

 shower of spears more difficult to avoid. Eondema 

 belonged to the Impofarn regiment, and, being ambitious, 

 he was always either shooting elephants (being fortunate 

 enough to possess an old musket) or bartering cattle, 

 Eondema's herds attracted the attention of the chief, and 

 a jealous eye was cast upon them ; but they could not 

 well be taken from him without his having committed 

 some crime. Nothing was, however, easier than to find 

 a stick with which to beat him. As it is with others, so 

 it was with Panda. Eondema, there was little doubt, 

 had, by his witchcraft, caused an old cow of his chief's to 

 die. Fortunately for him, a friend intimated (at great 



