But a chief has nothing whatever to do, except to give his orders, and if those orders are within human capacity they will be executed. Tchaka once ordered his warriors to catch a lion with their unarmed hands, and they did it, losing, of course, many of their number in the exploit. The chief can eat beef and porridge all day long if he likes, and he mostly does like. Also, he can drink as much beer as he chooses, and always has a large vessel at hand full of that beverage. Panda, the king of the Zulu tribes, was notable for being so fat that he could hardly waddle; but, as the reader will soon be presented with a portrait of this doubly great monarch, nothing more need be said about him. As to Goza, he is a wealthy man, possessing vast herds of cattle, besides a great number of wives, who, as far as can be judged by their portraits, are not beautiful according to European ideas of beauty, but are each representatives of a considerable number of cows. He wields undisputed sway over many thousands of subjects, and takes tribute from them. Yet he dresses on ordinary occasions like one of his own subjects, and his house is just one of the ordinary huts of which a village is composed. When he wishes to appear officially, he alters his style of dress, and makes really a splendid appearance in all the pomp of barbaric magnificence. Also, when he mixes with civilization, he likes to be civilized in dress, and makes his appearance dressed as an Englishman, in a silk hat, a scarlet coat, and jackboots, and attended in his rides by an aide-de-camp, dressed in a white-plumed cocked hat, and nothing else. A portrait of Goza in his full war-dress is given in the chapter that treats of Kaffir warfare. CHAPTER V. ORNAMENTS WORN BY KAFFIR MEN -- BEADS, BUTTONS, AND STRINGS -- FASHIONABLE COLORS OF BEADS -- GOOD TASTE OF THE KAFFIRS -- CAPRICES OF FASHION -- GOZA’S YOUNG WARRIORS -- CURIOUS BEAD ORNAMENT -- A SEMI-NECKLACE -- A BEAD BRACELET, AND MODE OF CONSTRUCTION -- A CHEAP NECKLACE -- TWO REMARKABLE NECKLACES -- ORNAMENTS MADE OF LEATHERN THONGS -- OX-TAILS USED AS ORNAMENTS, AND INDICATIONS OF THE WEALTH OF THEIR OWNER -- THE SKULL USED FOR A SIMILAR PURPOSE -- A YOUNG KAFFIR IN FULL DRESS -- CURIOUS DECORATIONS OF THE HEAD -- THE ISSIKOKO, OR HEAD-RING -- KAFFIR CHIVALRY -- PICTURESQUE ASPECT OF THE KAFFIR -- THE EYE AND THE NOSTRIL -- THE KAFFIR PERFUME, AND ITS TENACITY -- CLEANLY HABITS OF THE KAFFIR -- CONDITIONS ALTER CIRCUMSTANCES -- ANOTHER METHOD OF DRESSING SKINS -- THE BLANKET AND THE KAROSS -- ARMLETS, ANKLETS, AND BRACELETS -- A SIMPLE GRASS BRACELET -- IVORY ARMLETS, AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION -- BEAD ARMLETS -- METALLIC ARMLETS -- AN ANCIENT ROYAL ARMLET OF BRASS -- IRON ARMLETS -- A NEW METAL -- ITS ADOPTION BY THE CHIEFS -- SINGULAR SUPERSTITION, AND ABANDONMENT OF THE METAL -- DEATH OF THE DISCOVERER.