age, he had looked
upon him as a boy merely. Now, however, as he turned to seek the deep
woods, on the ridge leading from the peak to the low range of hills
beyond, he furtively eyed him from head to foot, and then shook his
head, muttering to himself; "What is the matter, friend Simba," asked
Kalulu, "that thou dost eye me so, and shake thy head?"

"Thou hast a quick eye, Kalulu; and it is as true as thy wrist and arm.
I have been thinking," he said in a low voice, "that when thou art a few
years older thou wilt be almost as strong as I am now, and that when
thou returnest to thy country, Ferodia will be sorry for what he has
done, for he will find thee a very lion in his way."

"Thou mayst well say that, Simba," said Moto. "The little boy who
pinned my arm to the shield I held when Kisesa attacked his father's
village, is improved wonderfully. Wallahi! if he kills four men now
when he is but a boy, how many will he kill when he is a man. Ferodia
will wish that he had never thought of being king."

"Wait, my friends, wait! Wait a few moons only; I will show you what
Kalulu can do. Killing four men is nothing. I have killed chiefs and
many men in our wars, as Soltali said in his song. Ferodia shall see
Kalulu's face again; but I do not think it will be as his slave."

"I wonder," said Moto, "what country this is; and what tribe did that
village belong to. Hast thou any idea, Simba?"

"Not I; I never was here before."

"Dost thou know, I think those were Wazavila too. They are scattered
everywhere about this country since they were driven from their own by
Simba, son of Mkasiwa, of Unyanyembe. Ah! that chief is such another as
thou art, Simba. A lion by name and a lion in war. He has been the
only one able to punish these thieves of Wazavila."

"In what direction is his country? dost thou know?" asked Simba.

"It ought to be north of where we are--two or three days yet. He is
chief of a country called Kasera; but we ought to come to the Unyanyembe
road, that goes from Usowa and Fipa, before we reach Kasera."

That night our friends camped near the base of a reddish range of
mountains, by the side of a small stream, and in the morning they
breasted the most feasible part of the range, and made their way with
considerable difficulty through a tangle of bamboo, tiger grass, and
thorn-bush.

Emerging out of the depths of a stony ravine, they at last stood upon
the topmost height of the red mountain r