about ten o'clock
Shortly afterwards he was seen to stroll over to the police camp , and go straight to Vooda 's hut . At eight o'clock that evening Vooda visited Teddy 's dwelling , and a long and serious conversation ensued . This was varied by a series of experiments of a nature so striking that even Vooda was startled . At about ten o'clock a stranger passing noticed strange flashes lighting up the back of the hut behind the reed fence . Shortly before eleven Vooda returned to camp , carrying a small satchel which contained a packet of lycopodium powder , a piece of potassium about as large as a walnut , and a number of whitish lumps about an inch in diameter , such as are known amongst practitioners of parlour magic variously as `` serpents ' eggs '' or `` Pharaoh 's serpents . '' At daylight next morning Vooda left the police camp , but it was late in the afternoon when he reached the kraal of Sololo . He found a. number of strangers there , including Shasha , the `` inyanga , '' or war doctor .