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Show Tough Old Zulu Chiefs. The old chiefs in South Africa know nothing about trekking, und on several occasions became so impatient that they started off on foot ahead of the wagons. One day they had to walk thirty-seven miles before reaching water and then had to wait' two days on scant rations before we came up with them. Ono of these men is 75 years old, but tho tough old Zulu (the Matabele rulers are of Zulu origin) was none the worse for the escapade. esca-pade. On another occasion, in spite of oui warnings, the left us, armed only with assegais, in the worst part of the lion country. When we followed a few hours afterward we saw that their footprints foot-prints in tho sand had been partially obliterated ob-literated by tho spoor of a lion. Fortunately, Fort-unately, however, he bad followed them only for some hundred yards, and the.t, probably not being hungry, ho wandered wan-dered off toward a pool of water. Such vagaries were to us a source of constant anxiety, for how could we face the king without bringing back his In-dunas? In-dunas? Our own lives would not have been 6iife. We should havo been claimed as impostors or accused of witchcraft. However, we managed to divert their minds and keep them employed at the wagons by shootiug twenty-six gray monkeys for them. Theakinsof this particular par-ticular species are only worn, by royalty or big chiefs. Cor. London Telegraph. |
