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services liacl been rewarded by the king with a number 
of presents. This so far aroused the jealousy of the 
other chiefs that they conspired to accuse him to the 
king of witchcraft and treachery. Moselikatze allowed 
himself to listen to their slander, and without giving 
Monyebe a chance of exonerating himself, kept the 
accusation a thorough secret from him, and gave permis¬ 
sion to the chiefs to kill him. Next morning nothing 
more remained of the king’s favourite than a few ashes 
smouldering at the door of his hut. 
When Mr. Mackenzie visited Matabele-land in 1863 , 
he found very few real Zulu soldiers ; the flower of the 
army consisted of Bechuanas, who as boys had either 
been stolen or exacted as tribute by Moselikatze during 
his residence in the Transvaal, the younger regiments 
being principally composed of Makalaka and Mashona 
lads recently enlisted. 
In times of peace the boys are sent out to take care of 
the cattle, but on their return home they are always 
carefully instructed in the use of weapons. This con- 
