Show AMAZONS the severe Tra luine of afric african women warriors Warr lora the famous women warriors of dahomey who have fought so desperately against the french troops are trained fr for service with a severity beside which the discipline of our soldiers is luxurious ou i ease they are recruited from girls of thirteen or fourteen years and also from the ranks ol of criminals and evil doers tor for any cr crime i me is pardoned to the woman who enlists among the ama zons they are compelled to sleep out doors doom in all kinds of weather to suffer stiffer blows and kicks without aitho ut complaint and are often kept starving for days for t the he purpose of acquiring proficiency in in bealing walls the scantily cloth clothed ed warriors are compelled to clamber to the top of walls walla thickly covered with thorny cacti the ground beneath being strewn with broken glass before goin ing into battle liberal quantities of rum are given to them to give them the daring recklessness which marks their attacks they fire are rapidly for a little time then charge upon the enemy with their knives and even when shot down will fight to the last breath S tabbing stabbing blindly at their assailants and biting and tearing at their legs when they can no longer stand |