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A ZULU BRAVE.

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A ZULU BRAVE. Some few years ago, a Zulu hunter, hearing a young British officer speak somewhat lightly of nativeprowess offered to give him a specimen of it by killing single-handed a huge lion which infested the neigh- bourhood. The challenge was accepted, and the brave fellow at once set out upon his dangerous errand, the officer and several of his comrades following at a dis- tance. Having drawn the beast from his lair, the hunter wounded him with a well-flung spear, and instantly fell flat on the ground beneath his huge shield of rhinoceros hide which covered his whole body like the lid of a dish. The lion having vainly expended his fury upon it, at length drew back a few paces. Instantly the shield rose again, a second lance struck him, and his furious rush encountered only the im- penetrable buckler. Foiled again, the lion crouched close beside his ambushed enemy, as if meditating a siege but the wily savage raised the further end of the shield just enough to let him creep noiselessly away into the darkness, leaving his buckler unmoved. Arrived at a safe distance, he levelled his third spear at the broad yellow flank of the royal beast with such unerring aim as to lay him dead on the spot, and then returned composedly to receive the apologies and con- gratulations of the wondering spectators.

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