MATABELE LAND. 



ance the effect would be much heightened ; but 

 unfortunately the dress is not de rigueur. Some 

 omit the fur round the forehead ; some both fur and 



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ASSEGAI-HEADS AND BATTLE-AXE. 



feather ; and some of those in command have even 

 shabby shirts or hats on, contrasting badly with the 

 fine warrior -costume of the majority. The only 

 military evolution gone through is marching past in 

 kraals, or what we should call companies, the men 



