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afterwards　Sir　Marshal　Clarke。

Colonel　Brooke；　R。E。

Captain　James。

Mr。　Henderson。

Mr。　Mor；　afterwards　the　Attorney…General　of　Natal。

Mr。　Fynney。

Myself。

Doctor　Lyle；　medical　officer　to　the　Mission；　and

Lieutenant　Phillips；　in　charge　of　the　escort　of　twenty…five　Natal　Mounted　Police。

Of　these　I　believe　that　with　myself　Colonel　Brooke　still　survives　（1911）；　although　he　must　be　an　old　man　now。　Phillips　also　was　alive　when　last　I　heard　of　him。　He　rose　to　mand　the　Natal　Mounted　Police；　and　had　then　retired。　The　rest　are　all　dead；　Clarke　being　the　last　to　go；　and　I　may　say　that　I　am　the　only　member　of　the　mission　left　living　who　was　closely　concerned　with　the　political　side　of　its　work。

There　was　another　individual　attached　to　the　mission　of　whom　I　must　give　some　account。　He　was　Umslopogaas；　or　more　correctly　M’hlopekazi；　who　acted　as　a　kind　of　head　native　attendant　to　Sir　Theophilus。　Umslopogaas；　then　a　man　of　about　sixty；　was　a　Swazi　of　high　birth。4　He　was　a　tall；　thin；　fierce…faced　fellow　with　a　great　hole　above　the　left　temple　over　which　the　skin　pulsated；　that　he　had　e　by　in　some　battle。　He　said　that　he　had　killed　ten　men　in　single　bat；　of　whom　the　first　was　a　chief　called　Shive；　always　making　use　of　a　battle…axe。　However　this　may　be；　he　was　an　interesting　old　fellow　from　whom　I　heard　many　stories　that　Fynney　used　to　interpret。

4　The　Natal　Witness　of　October　26；　1897；　when　reporting　his　death；　says　that　he　was　son　of　“Mswazi；　King　of　Swaziland；　and　in　his　youth　belonged　to　the　Nyati　Regiment；　the　crack　corps　of　the　country。”　—　Ed。

As　the　reader　may　be　aware；　I　have　availed　myself　of　his　personality　to　a　considerable　extent　in　various　Zulu　romances；　and　especially　in　“Allan　Quatermain。”　He