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`` And now let us go forth . '' I picked up my shield and weapons , which , of course , I had let fall , being in the royal presence , and we took our way thence , I walking in advance and spying carefully around to guard against possible surprise . For long we thus travelled , and when night came we sat and feasted upon the meat of a young impala which I had killed by a lucky spear-cast ; but we slept away from any fire , and in a place of secure concealment . On the morrow we kept on our way once more , and by noon came to the resting-place I had designed for the King . This was a group of caves , somewhat high up among the rocks of the Lebombo range . Beneath , the slope fell away , bushy , but not too thickly so as to prevent us from descrying the approach of friend or foe , while on either side so strewn with rocks and boulders was the base of the cliff that retreat would be easy in the event of pursuit . '' _ Whau _ , Untuswa ! ''