'Sir Henry told me to ask him to stand up. Umbopa did so, at the same time slipping off the long military coat he wore, and revealing himself naked except for the moocha round his centre and a necklace of lion’s claws. He certainly was a magnificent looking man; I never saw a finer native. Standing about six foot three high he was broad in proportion, and very shapely. […] “They make a good pair, don’t they?” said Good; “one as big as the other.” “I like your looks, Mr Umbopa, and I will take you as my servant,” said Sir Henry in English. Umbopa evidently understood him, for he answered in Zulu, “It is well;” and then with a glance at the white man’s great stature and breadth, “we are men, thou and I.”'