ut two brothers remaining alive: one a youth, the other
just reaching manhood, and called Umpanda. Umpanda was unlike Dingaan,
inasmuch as the latter lived only for war, the former was a lover of
peace. Many of the Zulus, having suffered severely in consequence of
the many battles in which Dingaan had engaged, were disposed in favour
of peace, and of "Panda," as he was sometimes called. This fact coming
to the ears of Dingaan, this able savage politician decided upon getting
rid of his brother by murdering him. Panda, having friends at court,
heard of this decision of his worthy brother, and at once fled, and
crossing the Tugela river with a number of followers, stopped there, and
sent messengers requesting the aid of the emigrants against his
treacherous brother. The result of these negotiations was, that the
emigrants, finding that there was no chance of safety as long as Dingaan
was chief of the Zulus, decided to aid Panda, which they did, and the
result was a great and last battle between the Zulus under Dingaan and
the Boers with Panda's forces. During this battle two whole regiments
deserted from Dingaan, and joined Panda, whilst the Boers took little or
no part in the battle. The result, however, was the total defeat of
Dingaan, who was driven from his kingdom far up the country, where he
soon after perished; and thus an ally of the farmers occupied the
chieftainship of the Zulus, and they could now rest in peace, each
seeking the location that suited him best, and requiring his ammunition
and gun no longer for the purpose of slaying his enemy, but merely to
supply himself with game; and thus the wishes of the emigrants seemed
about to be gratified.

CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.

A HUNTING TRIP--ROUND THE BIVOUAC FIRE--THE HUNTER'S TALE--CARRIED OFF
BY A LION--THE SHOOTING LAWS IN THE DESERT--THE OPHIR OF SCRIPTURE--
BABOONS HUNTING A LEOPARD--THE NATAL ROCK SNAKE.

We have for a time omitted the individual adventures of Hans, and have
endeavoured to give a brief account of those events in all of which he
was an active participator, and which led to the emigrants possessing
for a time the Natal district. So occupied had Hans been with the wars
of the time, that Katrine had seen but little of him. Now that affairs
were more peaceable, Hans wished to marry at once; but Katrine was
mourning for several relatives who had been murdered with Reliefs party,
or slaughtered at Weenen; she therefore put it off for si