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whites and blacks, the white men being made for the 

 occasion by application of pipe-clay and other paints. 

 The fictitious white men bit the cartridges, put on caps, 

 and went through all the performance of loading and 

 firing. They would wheel to the right, fire, and drive 

 the blacks before them. The latter would rally, and 

 then a desperate fight would follow, when the whites 

 had to give way before the blacks amidst the frantic 

 delight of the spectators. 



" When, during the progress of the battle, a black 

 would fall, the spectators would groan, but when a 

 white bit the dust, they would cheer lustily. Thus do 

 these children of nature amuse themselves." 



BLACK TRACKERS. 



The Governments of the colonies have in their em- 

 ployment blacks whose business it is to track murder- 

 ers or thieves, or other persons whose apprehension is 

 desired. The scent of the keenest bloodhound could 

 not be more lively than the eyes of these "trackers." 



Many a poor wretch who has thought himself per- 

 fectly safe if he had succeeded in putting a few miles 

 of space between himself and his last night's opera- 

 tions, in a country where snow is not seen, and where, 

 perhaps, much of his walking has been over short, 



