OBSTINATE STOWAWAYS--FREE TOWN AND A FIGHT--BAY RUM AS A BEVERAGE--SUGDEN LETS OFF SMOKE-BOMBS--CAPE TOWN, A PARTY, AND SOME ANZACS--OOM TUYS ADVISES HASTE--THROUGH SOUTH AFRICA--AMERICANS AND BOERS IN ERMELO--A HURRIED VISIT TO SWAZILAND FOR INFORMATION--MYSTERY OVER THE CORONATION--ROYAL GIN FOR LABOTSIBENI--DEBESEEMBIE DRINKS AND TALKS 226 CHAPTER XV OUTFITTING FOR SWAZILAND--OUR COOK BECOMES "GUNGA DIN"--LOMWAZI'S MESSENGER--OFF FOR ZOMBODE--ROSSMAN GOES HUNTING--TOO MUCH RAIN--THE OXEN DIE AND ARE REPLACED BY DONKEYS--SNEAKING LIQUOR THROUGH MBABANE--EZULWENI MOSQUITOES RIVAL NEW JERSEY'S--WE ARE UNPOPULAR IN ZOMBODE--MANAAN'S DAMAGE SUIT AND SETTLEMENT 247 CHAPTER XVI LABOTSIBENI REFUSES TO SEE ME--SUGDEN AND MY MEN ESCAPE ASSASSINATION--A FRUITLESS CONFERENCE--WE FLEE TO LEBOMBO--OOM TUYS TURNS UP--WE CONFER WITH QUEEN TZANEEN AND LOCHIEN--FIVE-AND-TEN-CENT- STORE JEWELRY HAS PERSUASIVE POWERS--SUGDEN FALLS ILL--WE BUILD HIS COFFIN--SEBUZA RETURNS FROM HIS SANCTIFICATION 268 CHAPTER XVII L'TUNGA'S "MUTI" CURES THE SICK WHITE MAN--SEBUZA CHOOSES HIS WIVES--I RECEIVE A MESSAGE FROM HIS MAJESTY'S HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR SWAZILAND--A FLYING TRIP TO MBABANE--THE GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO SANCTION SEBUZA'S CORONATION--HOW WITCH-DOCTORS SMOKE DAGGA 292 CHAPTER XVIII WITCH-DOCTORS OF SWAZILAND--HOW THEY BROUGHT A FAMINE--L'TUNGA'S SCHOOL OF WITCH-DOCTORING--THE "POISON TEST" TO SETTLE OWNERSHIP--THE PROFESSIONAL WITCH-DOCTOR'S EQUIPMENT--L'TUNGA DECIDES A MURDER CASE--SOME GENUINE CURES 310 CHAPTER XIX WEARISOME DELAY IN CORONATION--WAR SUGGESTIONS FROM UMZULEK--MY PLAN TO BLUFF LABOTSIBENI--THE BLUFF IS CALLED--A TICKLISH SITUATION-- LABOTSIBENI REFUSES TO SURRENDER THE THRONE--OUR DEMONSTRATION FAILS--NIGHT MURDERS PROVOKE WAR 331 CHAPTER XX LEBOMBO THREATENED WITH ATTACK--TZANEEN FLIES TO US FOR PROTECTION--VICTORY FOR SEBUZA--LABOTSIBENI'S MYSTERIOUS DEATH--LOMWAZI SPARED FOR EXECUTION LATER--FUNERAL SACRIFICE OF THE OLD QUEEN--QUEEN TZANEEN IN STATE--WE ARE FORCED TO JOIN THE ROYAL IMPI 355 CHAPTER XXI OUR SANCTIFICATION IN EXILE--HARDSHIPS IN THE HILLS--OOM TUYS SAVES LOMWAZI'S LIFE--THE CELEBRATION--LOMWAZI FORMALLY SURRENDERS THE THRONE--WE ARE INDUCTED INTO THE ROYAL IMPI--MBABANE SENDS FOR INFORMATION--WE ESCAPE THROUGH PORTUGUESE TERRITORY TO AMERICA 371 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Swazi mother carrying her babe _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Map of Swaziland 32 Map showing section of South Africa 33