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Show , Teach Old Zala Chief. The old chiefs in South Africa kne nothing about trekking, and on scvei occasions became so impatient that th started off on foot ahead of the wagor One day they had to walk thirty-sev, miles before reaching water and tin had to wait two days on scant ratio before wc came up with them. One these men is 75 years old, but the tou old Zulu (tho Matnbtle rulers aro of Zu origin) wa:i none the worse for the esc pade. 1 On another occasion, in spite of oi warnings, they left us, armed only wi assegais, in the worst part of the li( country. When wo followed a fe hours afterward we saw that their foo prints in the sand had been partially o literated by the spoor of a lion. For 1 unately, however, he had followed the only for some hundred yards, and thei probably not being hungry, he waj dered oil toward a pool of water. Such vagaries were to us a source constant anxiety, for how could we fa the king without bringing back his h dunas? Our own lives would not ha been safe. -Wc should have been claims at) impostors or accused of witchcraft. However, we managed to divert the; minds and keep them employed at tli wagons by shooting twenty-sire gra monkeys for them. Theokinsof tins pai ticular epecies are only worn by royalt or big chiefs. Cor. London Telegraph. |