Show rea creatures tures of zulu A curious of these people is that every specimen of architecture wh whether ethern a building or a fence ia 13 circular in inform form it seems impossible fora for a zulu to mail maik out a straight line and as opposed to the fact that a european could if necessary build a round house it would bo be perfectly impossible for a zulu to build a square one if liis his life depended upon it nay more you cannot make a zulu understand the structure of a modern modem house their minds cannot grasp the details of a square straight walled building surmounted by a roof and as for the idea of two or more floors one above the other they simply declined to believe it especially as most of the houses at the diamond orid fields were at that time on the bungalow principle they could conceive the possibility of tile the capitol at washington but could not credit its size as their cleverest builders said no such building could support its ita own weight 0 the only material used in their houses being posts sticks and reeds to thatch it with commonly called A I 1 wattle and daub and the use of bricks stone and mortar being beyo beyond iiI their comprehension they simply discredited the stories told by the white men wili wilf P pond in drakes magazine |