cannibal later told a missionary: "Many preferred to die of hunger; but
others were deceived by the more intrepid ones, who would say to their
friends . . . : here is some rock rabbit meat, recover your strength; how-
ever, it was human flesh. Once they had tasted it, they found that it was
excellent....
Our heart did fret inside us; but we were getting used to that
type oflife,and the horror-we had feltat first was soon replacedbyhabit." 35
By that time, a rival Nguni kingdom controlled much of the central
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