The illustration No. 1, on page 73, shows the manner in which the Kaffir employs the ox for riding and pack purposes. A chief is returning with his triumphant soldiers from a successful expedition against an enemy’s kraal, which they have “eaten up,” as their saying is. In the foreground is seen the chief, fat and pursy, dressed in the full paraphernalia of war, and seated on an ox. A hornless ox is generally chosen for the saddle, in order to avoid the danger of the rider falling forward and wounding himself; but sometimes the Kaffir qualifies an ox for saddle purposes by forcing the horns to grow downward, and in many instances contrives to make the horns flap about quite loosely, as if they were only suspended by thongs from the animal’s head. The soldiers are seen in charge of other oxen, laden with the spoils of the captured kraal, to which they have set fire; and in the middle distance, a couple of men are reloading a refractory ox, and drawing the rope tightly round it, to prevent it from shaking off its load a second time. [Illustration: (1.) KAFFIR CATTLE--TRAINING THE HORNS. (See page 70.)] [Illustration: (2.) RETURN OF A WAR PARTY. (See page 72.)] CHAPTER IX. MARRIAGE. POLYGAMY PRACTISED AMONG THE KAFFIRS -- GOZA AND HIS WIVES -- NUMBER OF A KING’S HAREM -- TCHAKA, THE BACHELOR KING -- THE KING AND HIS SUCCESSORS -- A BARBAROUS CUSTOM -- CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF POLYGAMY AMONG THE KAFFIRS -- DOMESTIC LIFE AND ITS CUSTOMS -- THE VARIED DUTIES OF A WIFE -- ANECDOTE OF A KAFFIR HUSBAND -- JEALOUSY AND ITS EFFECTS -- A FAVORITE WIFE MURDERED BY HER COMPANIONS -- MINOR QUARRELS, AND SUMMARY JUSTICE -- THE FIRST WIFE AND HER PRIVILEGES -- MINUTE CODE OF LAWS -- THE LAW OF INHERITANCE AND PRIMOGENITURE -- THE MASTERSHIP OF THE KRAAL -- PROTECTION TO THE ORPHAN -- GUARDIANS, THEIR DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES -- PRELIMINARIES TO MARRIAGE -- KAFFIR COURTSHIP -- THE BRIDEGROOM ON APPROVAL -- AN UNWILLING CELIBATE -- A KAFFIR LOVE TALE -- UZINTO AND HER ADVENTURES -- REWARD OF PERSEVERANCE.