Theoldwomanwhohadbeenthecauseoftheaffraywishedustointerfere，andthecombatantsthemselveshopedasmuch；butwe，preferringtoremainneutral，allowedthemtofightitoutItendedbyonefallingundertheother，both，fromtheirscuffling，beinginastateofnudity。
Theypickeduptheirclothingandranoffindifferentdirections，eachthreateningtobringhisgunandsettlethedisputeinmortalcombat。
Onlyone，however，returned，andtheoldwomancontinuedherscoldingtillmymen，fairlytiredofhertongue，orderedhertobegone。
Thistriflingincidentwasoneofinteresttome，for，duringthewholeperiodofmyresidenceintheBechuanacountry，IneversawunarmedmenstrikeeachotherTheirdisputesareusuallyconductedwithgreatvolubilityandnoisyswearing，buttheygenerallyterminatebybothpartiesburstingintoalaugh。
Ateveryvillageattemptsweremadetoinduceustoremainanight。