on, and
I, this day, of my own free will and great love for him, do take him for
my lord and husband. By full right Kimyera fills the king's chair. I
charge you all henceforth to be loyal to him, and him only."

As she ended her speech the people gave a great shout of welcome to the
new king, and they waved their spears, and clashed them against their
shields, thus signifying their willing allegiance to King Kimyera.

The next day great bodies of strong men were despatched in different
directions for the king's mother and his nurse, and for Sebarija and the
two cows, Namala and Nakaombeh. If alive they were instructed to convey
them with honour and care to Ganda, and if any fatal misadventure had
happened to them, their remains were to be borne with all due respect to
the king.

Sebwana, meanwhile, had started for the plantations, and hearing the
thunder of the great drum, divined that Naku had deposed him in favour
of the young stranger. To assure himself of the fact, he sent a
confidential slave to discover the truth of the matter, while he sought
a place where he could await, unobserved, the return of his messenger.
When his slave came back to him he learned what great event had occurred
during his short absence, and that his power had been given to another.
Knowing the fate attending those thus deposed, he secretly retired to
the district that had given him birth, where he lived obscure and safe
until he died at a good old age.

After some days Sebarija and Mugema's wife, and the two cows Namala and
Nakaombeh, were found by the banks of Myanja, near a rocky hill which
contained a cave, whither they had retired to seek a dwelling-place
until news could be found of Mugema and Kimyera. But Wanyana, the
king's mother, while gathering fuel near the cave during the absence of
Sebarija and the potter's wife, had been fatally wounded by a leopard,
before her cries brought Sebarija to her rescue. A short time after she
had been taken into the cave she had died of her wounds, and her body
had been folded in such furs and covering as her friends possessed, that
Kimyera, on his return, might be satisfied of the manner of her death.

Kimyera, accompanied by his wife Naku and old Mugema, set out from Ganda
with a great escort to receive the long-lost couple and the remains of
Wanyana. Mugema rejoiced to see his old wife once more, though he
deeply regretted the loss of his friend the princess. As for the king,
his gr