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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 the civilised races, and it is somewhat startling to find 
that in erecting a ball-room, or an assembly room, or any similar 
