1898 (8 Feb.) 4pp autograph letter from James F. Goring to Mrs Orpen giving a detailed account of the civil war, including illustrations, between Masupha and Lerotholi (his nephew), from the cause of the trouble to it's conclusion, "There was much fighting AND much running away. One of the printers, recounting the story, said 'when they fired the first volley on us from the fortress, we all turned and ran away. I did not stop for 3 miles, and then I went flat on my back and fired eight times at the fortress' (his gun could carry 300 yard, perhaps)...Thus the war went on for some weeks, some 100 to 150 men being killed. At last a decisive battle was fought. Api, (son of Lerotholi) ascended Béréa, and attacked and destroyed all the village there. At the same time Mojella (chief of Hermon) ascended Khamalami, and cut off a number of Masupha's men, and got between them and the fortress. Mojella pushed them slowly but surely to the precipice, and, at last, despairing of their lives, they hurled their horses over the precipice, and those that did not follow their horses were shot..."; fine and interesting