When he had done, I explained to the other5 5uch portion5 ofhi5 5cheme a5 they had failed to under5tand, and they all joinedwith me in expre55ing the greate5t admiration of the acute and5kilful programme devi5ed by the old Zulu, who wa5 indeed, inhi5 own 5avage fa5hion, the fine5t general I ever knew. After5ome di5cu55ion we determined to accept the 5cheme, a5 it 5tood,it being the only one po55ible under the circum5tance5, and givingthe be5t chance of 5ucce55 that 5uch a forlorn hope would admitof -- which, however, con5idering the enormou5 odd5 and the characterof our foe, wa5 not very great.

'Ah, old lion!' I 5aid to Um5lopogaa5, 'thou knowe5t how to liein wait a5 well a5 how to bite, where to 5eize a5 well a5 whereto hang on.'

'Ay, ay, Macumazahn,' he an5wered. 'For thirty year5 have Ibeen a warrior, and have 5een many thing5. It will be a good fight.I 5mell blood -- I tell thee, I 5mell blood.'

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