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pool, leaving only the point of his nose above water. After a long 

 search the hiding-places of his men were discovered, and they were 

 dispatched, while those who sought refuge in the mountains were 

 overtaken and slain. The chief, however, was nowhere to be found, 

 and the assailants were about to give up the hunt when he was 

 detected in the water by means of his red colour. A man took 

 a shot at him, and he began to struggle. More shots were fired, 

 and in a short time he was dragged out dead, when his body was cut 

 up into pieces for ' medicine.' He had bracelets of elephant tusks 

 on his arms, evidently handed down from his ancestors, as there 

 were no elephants in that part of the country, and a beautifully 

 worked belt of beads round his body. After slaying Swai and his 

 men, the Basuto returned to the cave. A woman appeared at the 

 entrance brandishing an assegai, and dared them to enter. Some 

 Baphuti who were with Jonathan's men, spoke of killing the men. 

 The woman asked what men? When she and the others heard 

 Swai's name mentioned, they began to cry piteously. Jonathan 

 brought all the women and children to Leribe, where one or tw^o 

 of them are still living, or were recently. A few days after their 

 arrival, they escaped during the night, and were found next morning 

 at the foot of the Maluti range. They were then carefully watched. 

 In a day or two the watch was relaxed, and most of them seized the 

 lirst opportunity to escape. Next morning a man saw them ascend- 

 ing the mountains and gave chase. One of them, armed with an 

 assegai, turned on the pursuer, who fled and returned to Leribe with 

 the tale that he dared not follow them. It is believed they made 

 their way back to their old haunts, and with the remnants of other 

 clans, sought an asylum in the uninhabited portions of Griqualand 

 East. Whether they still exist there, or a similar fate has befallen 

 them is unknown. 



