298 AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORATION. 
the wao'o'on. Pointing to a number of natives at no 
great distance from him, with their spears brandished in 
the air, he gasped out, “ Zulus ! Matabele ! they want 
to kill me I ” 
For my part I could not comprehend how it happened 
that these Matabele should be on Ivhame’s territory. I 
began to wonder whether it was possible that war had 
ZULUS ! MATABELE ! THEY WANT TO KILL ME. 
broken out between the tribes, and I confess that I was 
not without apprehension that we were going to be 
attacked. The savages advanced yelling and screeching, 
and looked like wolves in human form. Unwilling to 
risk the mischief that might ensue if I fired upon them, 
I resolved to remain steadily where I was until I had 
ascertained their real intentions. Meriko’s opinion did 
not in the least coincide with mine ; he could not bring 
