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of 1835, induced the government to offer a 
large fine for his apprehension. He was ar- 
rested and confined, for several years, at Kob- 
ben Island prison, Cape-Town ; but he escaped 
from thence and redoubled his former influence, 
confirming the Kaffirs' belief in "the school 
of the prophets," by re-appearing to them, and 
recounting strange sights and doings. During 
the last war of 1850, " Umlumgenie" also arose, 
and foretold all kinds of wonders which were 
to come to pass — that the 'white man's bullets 
would melt to air, and those of the Kaffirs turn 
to fire, and drive the white men into the sea. 
He outlived the war, but died shortly after its 
close, in Kreli's country ; as some report, from 
poison secretly administered, but this we be- 
lieve, to be incorrect. 
Many of the prophets of Scripture were of 
the same character and calling as these Kaffirs. 
Zechariah, we read, (Zee. xiii, 5) was a hus- 
bandman and keeper of cattle, and Amos was 
a herdsman of Tekoa, and a gatherer of the 
sycamore-fruit; (Amos i, 1; vii, 14, 15.) Eli- 
sha, also, was an agriculturist at Abel-meholah, 
(1 Kings, xix, 16.) Whilst many of the Kaffir 
customs also are of the purest patriarchial cha- 
racter; as well as their names being Ishmael- 
itish and Eastern. 
Their reverence for the chief ; their riches in 
