one part a Kafir was making a pair of trousers with a bright nickel-plated sewingmachine, in which he had invested his savings ; next to him a " boy " was reading from the Testament in his own language to an attentive audience ; in a corner a party were engaged in cooking a savoury mess in an iron pot; further on the orchestra was tuning up and Zulus were putting the finishing touches to their toilet of feathers and beads. One group was intently watching a mysterious game. It is played by two sides, with stones and grooves and hollows in the ground, and appears of most absorbing interest. It seems to be universal throughout Africa ; it is met with among the ruins of Zimbabwe, and signs of it are recorded on old Egyptian monuments. I wanted to learn it, and an intelligent Zulu player offered to teach it to me in a few minutes. Captain Dallas, however, with a more accurate opinion of my intelligence than my friend the Zulu, assured me it
