ABSTRACT
The Zulu addressed himself to Sir Henry, to whom he had attached himself. ‘Is it to that land that thou wouldst journey, Incubu?’ he said, pointing towards the mountains with his broad assegai. I asked him sharply what he meant by addressing his master in that familiar way. Incubu is a native word meaning, I believe, elephant. It is very well for natives to have a name for one among themselves but it is not decent that they should call one by their heathenish appellations to one’s face. The man laughed a quiet little laugh which angered me.
