"Yes, truly, they are all this; but, Zenuta, you would be a stranger among them--strange to their customs, strange to their language." "So were you when you came here," she interrupted, "yet we were kind to you. You have become a hunter--almost one of us." I could not deny this, and warmly confessed that I had been most hospitably treated; "and yet," I had it on my lips to say, "I am not happy, Zenuta, neither would you be were you in England;" but as I looked into the poor girl's eager, earnest eyes, I had not the heart to make the speech, and she continued most touchingly-- "Besides, I should not be alone, Galbrth; you would still be kind to me would you not? And your wife, too, I would like her for your sake." I do not mind owning that tears dimmed my eyes as Zenuta spoke, and, with some emotion, I pressed her hand, saying-- "You are a good, affectionate girl, Zenuta, and, believe me, I will ever be a friend to you." They were simple words, and not much, considering the deep love she bestowed in return; yet they might have been the most affectionate expressions lover ever uttered to have seen the light of joy which quickly lit up her eyes and whole face, then, suddenly seizing my hand, she raised it to her lips and kissed it passionately; after which, getting up, without another word, she entered the hut with the crushed corn for my dinner. I have forgotten to say that I had once detected Zenuta in administering a love powder to me, so that she might thus obtain the affection she felt she could not get otherwise; and it was with some difficulty, having even to resort to assumed anger, that I prevented her continuing this unpleasant practice; for I had no desire to swallow some mysterious compound concocted by a Kaffir witch-doctor. Afterwards I took an early opportunity to reason with her upon this foolish superstition, I fancy with some success, for, either through my arguments or fear of my anger, she never, to the best of my belief, had recourse to the charms again. I had reason to imagine, however, that she communicated my opinion respecting these superstitions to the witch-doctor himself, thereby making me a most dangerous enemy, and the time was drawing near when this was to be most disagreeably proved.