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strong, active, well-built fellows, as sleek as moles. 

 Satisfied as they are with their simple mode of 

 life, they feel too well off to care to work steadily 

 for any greater length of time than that required 

 to earn enough to buy some specified coveted 

 article. Unlike many other South African races, 

 they appear naturally averse to imitating the 

 white man in the matter of clothes, and are there- 

 fore but sorry customers to the " slop " seller when 

 living in their kraals; the law compels them to 

 wear at least a pair of trousers when in the towns 

 or villages, and here and there a Zulu in a 

 "go-to-meeting" suit is to be seen, but seems 

 hardly to enjoy the costume. 



Missionaries are not successful among the 

 Zulus, who seem deficient in religious emotion- 

 alism, as contrasted with the mixed coloured races 

 who are town-dwellers ; but an unregenerate Zulu 

 is generally honest and truthful, which can hardly 

 be said to be characteristic of the native convert 

 as a rule. Zulus are much employed as domestic 

 servants in Natal, and, as they are very cleanly, 

 honest, and fond of children, they do well in that 

 capacity, but as their women are not allowed to 

 hire themselves out, the office of nurse has often 



