ukwazi lay quite still. His neck was broken.

"Since then, no horse will ever pass the Ghoda bush between sunset and
sunrise when the Moon is new."

Next morning I dismounted at the Ghoda, and walked into the forest. I
found the large umgwenya tree without any difficulty, and underneath it
were the two piles of stones close together. They were much overgrown
with ferns and creepers. A large bush-buck leaped up and crashed
through the undergrowth. His doe followed immediately afterwards,
passing so close that I could see the dew-drops glistening on her red,
dappled flank.

UMTAGATI.

"The great witch-doctor has come, and all
Sit trembling with cold and fear
As they list to the words from his lips that fall,--
The words all shrink to hear.
Lo! look at the seer as he whirls and leaps
The awestruck circle within,
Where each one shudders, and silence keeps
As he thinks of the untold sin.

"On his head is a cap of dark brown hair,--
The skin of a bear-baboon,
And the tigers' teeth on his throat, else bare,
Jangle a horrible tune;
The serpents' skins and the jackals' tails,
Hang full around his hips,
And a living snake from his girdle trails,
And around each bare limb slips."

The Witch-Doctor.

I.

THE motive and controlling factors of great issues are not always
recognised by those most interested, neither does honour nor yet reward
always fall to those who best deserve or earn them. In proof of the
foregoing propositions the following narrative is adduced.

Teddy's full name was Edmund Mortimer Morton. He was a Government
official holding the appointment of clerk to the Resident Magistrate of
Mount Loch, which district, as everybody knows, is situated in the
territory of Bantuland East, and just on the border of Pondoland.

Vooda was a native Police Constable attached to the Mount Loch
establishment.

Teddy's age was twenty-six, but he looked several years younger. He
was a pleasant-looking little chap, about five feet four inches in
height, slightly built, with blue eyes, yellow hair and an incipient
moustache upon which he bestowed a great deal of attention. His hobby
was popular chemistry. This he indulged in, greatly to the
entertainment of his friends and the detriment of his hands, which were
generally discoloured in a manner that defied soap. He lived in a
little hut just outside the village. This hut consisted of one room,
and was shaped like a round pagoda. It had a pointed roof and
pro