Show ilour hooting hoo during the zulu war of 1879 1 I went shooting with a friendly boer says maj gen W C F molyneux Mo lyneus lie asked ed me what have you got in that bag your dinner no I 1 answered cartridges whereat he roared with laughter you englishmen must by be very rich they cost 6 pence apiece here where are yours I 1 asked not seeing the joke in this he said happl tapping 3 his double rifle you dont intend tu shoot muc much h two spring bucks ars are as much as I 1 can carry suppose you bisp nobody misses when a cartridge costs 6 pence that was the conversation conver cation and it taught me much it may perhaps teach us all how bow we were beaten by tile the boers in 1881 the boer dopa do not waste wast e his is ammunition he will aim and take tak e down his rifle a dozen times until he is 18 1 satisfied he is going to ge get ts something I 1 ng for hla his cartridge my friend got tola his two bucks i fired five shotts shots and got one answers |