IIO THROUGH GASA LAND. 



would be loyalty personified to the throne to which 

 they had given their allegiance. We have done 

 Zululand most terrible wrong; by the means I 

 propose we could partially recompense this nation 

 for what they had suffered. Moreover, those of 

 this stalwart, grand people who returned to 

 their homes, after completing their allotted term 

 of service, would have their pensions to live 

 upon, which would circulate money, the possession 

 of which, with their former experience of life, would 

 produce wants that could not fail to be a stimulus to 

 trade, and an increase of revenue to our African 

 Colonies. 



I trust my readers will excuse my having laid 

 the rifle aside for a few minutes, and departed from 

 the description of the ways and habits of wild beasts 

 for a few words upon the human family, for, after all 

 that can be said and done, they are the most in- 

 teresting animals in the Creation. 



