Show A ROYAL ZULU HISTORIAN ring KING the wily and stub stubborn leader 4 of tho iho african zulus us isho file subjection and capture of whom cost great britain an au immense su sum bof of money has occupied himself since his captivity in dictating batin g a history of iiii his people to the english C officer who has tho the imprisoned potentate in charge this history lii ill story is given in the february number of Mac vac maga olne and is interesting reading the author captain poolo poole has contented himself with publishing the facts a aa stated by jete rete who of bf course would make the history of hi his s people 0 as favorable as possible when it is remembered th that at the only means of preserving facts in that barba barbaric ric fic land is by the bongs songs and stories of the aged and pys mys mysterious teri terl it will not bo be surprising that frequent ie repetition petition and continual embellishment a la three black crows have had llad an effect in producing the wonderful histo history ry n now i aw given to the world the monarch who hm has been io so much sought after by the british and who js now carefully gua guarded r ded uncertain as to to what his Is fat late 0 wa will JI be is only anxious upon one ono point namely that the great fame and warlike achievement cements of ills hh fribo shall not be to sink into nto insignificance benbro tho world honce honee honce hence the suggestion of captain poole that the la latter iatter ater arito tho story from the lips of the living historian was was received with pleasure and acte el 1 upon immediate immediately li the writer remarks that at times the tho sing son song 0 recitation of ot his ills majesty was r somewhat 0 ml t mono monotonous but that when narrating ratin tile the events of a desperate war or th the e exploits i 0 J of somo som i 0 worthy progenitor genf geni tho the whole ngu agu figuro figure re and expression of t tho the syvart swarthy hy sava bava savage e would change completely he would go through all the movements which he lie was describing with azeal a zeal and fury positively alarming ala aia en rig an and d at one time became so excited that he snatched the sword word of his amanuel s is and guardian and brandished brandishes bran dished it about his 1114 head lna ina in a most menacing style the account begins with the early history of the tile tribe then follows a narrative of tho doin doln doings s of chaka knoof ono one of the first warlike and successful fu I 1 kings all the noted chiefs are mentioned with their commendable deeds the arrival of the tile Engli english sli sil in southern africa and the events which have llave occurred since that cimei form the greater portion and by far the most must interesting of the entire sketch tile the history will be road read wa with th in interest gerbst by all classes classe into sinto whose hands it may fall and is valuable if f for or nothing more because of f the peculiar culi cull ar circumstances attending it its ils royal author nut aut horat dit git the time of its i production |