. Like my own, black, with alittle red. They love to number among the excellencies oftheir king, that he chooses to be black, he might have beenwhite, but would not. The hair and features of the Zulusmight easily confound them with the negro tribes,, but the morecareful view detects the lofty forehead, the prominent noseand high cheek-bones, and a certain dignity of countenancewhich decide their claims to superior consideration. It is hardlywonderful that such a life as they lead, in the midst of abun-dance of food, which may be had
. Like my own, black, with alittle red. They love to number among the excellencies oftheir king, that he chooses to be black, he might have beenwhite, but would not. The hair and features of the Zulusmight easily confound them with the negro tribes,, but the morecareful view detects the lofty forehead, the prominent noseand high cheek-bones, and a certain dignity of countenancewhich decide their claims to superior consideration. It is hardlywonderful that such a life as they lead, in the midst of abun-dance of food, which may be had for the taking it—-fruit, grain,and game in abundance—should encourage a carelessness as tothe future. And if we add to this the consideration that underthe peculiar construction of their government every mans lifeis in the hands of the king, it is not astonishing that an audienceof these people thought an address from the words, Take nothought for the morrow, entirely superfluous, since they hadnever done such a thing, nor ever expected to. They, as in-. A ZULU LAWYER. 335 <Seed do all the Caffre tribes, manifest quite surprising intelli-gence, and frequently display powers of Socratic argument whichwould astonish some of our knights of the green bag. In illus-tration of this talent, on one occasion, some individuals hadbeen detected in eating an ox, and the owner brought them be-fore a council demanding payment for the animal. The defencewas that they had not killed the animal, but found it dying ofa wound inflicted by another animal. When the defence wasended, an old gentleman of the prosecution began in true lawyerfashion to examine the previous speaker : Q. Does an ox-tail grow up, or down, or sideways ? A. c Downward. Q. i Do the horns of an ox grow up, down, or sideways ? A. < Upward. Q. * If an ox gores another, does he not lower his head andgore upward ?f A. Yes. Q. i Could he gore downward ? A. No. The wily interrogator then forced the witness to examinethe
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