efs came in and surrendered
with their followers, almost to a man. Cetewayo succeeded in concealing
himself for some time, but after a long chase he was captured by Major
Marter and Lord Gifford, and was sent a prisoner to the Cape.

CHAPTER TEN.

A TRADING EXPEDITION.

After dividing Zululand into districts and appointing a chief to rule
over each, General Wolseley marched his force against Secoceni, the
chief whose hostile attitude had caused the Boers to accept the
protectorate of England. This chief had maintained his defiant
attitude, and, relying upon the strength of his hill-stronghold, had
kept up an irregular war upon them, aided by the Swazis who came down
from the north to assist him.

Sir Garnet Wolseley attacked Secoceni's mountain. His men fought
bravely, but were altogether unable to resist the attack of the English.
The place was carried, his warriors killed or dispersed, and his power
altogether broken. As the lads were not present at this affair--being
well contented to stay for a while and assist their fathers in the
farm--it is not necessary to enter into further details of it.

A few months later three teams of waggons drove up to the farm. It was
late in the evening, and their owner, who had met Mr Humphreys several
times at Newcastle, knocked at the door.

"I have made a long march," he said, "to-day, and the oxen are knocked
up; so if you will take me in, I will halt here for the night instead of
going on. The roads have proved heavier than I had expected, and I have
done a very long day's journey."

Mr Humphreys at once invited the speaker to enter. Mr Harvey was a
trader, one of those who are in the habit of taking long expeditions far
into the interior, with his waggons laden with cotton, beads,
tower-muskets, powder, lead, and toys prized by the natives, returning
laden with ivory, ostrich feathers, and skins. He was now about to
start upon such a journey, having stocked his waggons at Durban.

After supper was over, the trader told many stories of his adventures
among the natives, and the profits which were gained by such journeys.

"Generally," he said, "I go with six waggons, but I was very unlucky
last time; the tze-tze-fly attacked my animals, most of which died, and
the natives took advantage of my position to make an attack upon me. I
beat them off, but was finally obliged to pack all my most valuable
goods in one waggon, to make my way back with it, and abandon