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advanced Zulu Kafir. Even the New Zealander, who is the 

 most favourable example of a savage, does not erect a building 

 merely for the purpose of amusement, and would perhaps fail to 



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comprehend that such an edifice could be needed. Such a task 

 is left to tjie civiHsed races, and it is somewhat startling to find 

 that in erecting a ball-room, or an assembly room, or any similar 



