loves a fight and if he gets the opportunity
of attacking an enemy with a knob kerry
the pair of them will fight it out until one
or the other falls with a dent in his skull.
On these occasions, the male relatives have
a habit of joining in until sometimes whole
tribes are involved and many of the par-
ticipants killed. As a general rule the
fiercest of faction fights would end abruptly
when the Police arrived with the Maxim
guns, but there were cases where wholesale
arrests had to be made and a great deal of
work would arise from the subsequent trials
of the offenders. Natal was well supplied
with gaols and most of the road building
and other public work in the Colony was
done by convict labour.

LIFE IN ‘ZULULAND

Life on a Police outstation in a remote
part of Zululand would be a monotenous
existence for one who longs for the bright
lights of a large city, but to the man
interested in nature and wild animal life
and fond of the pursuit of game hunting it
has a charm and fascination that few coun-
tries can offer. The variety of game animals
and birds of Africa is unequalled by any
other country and most species of the
antelope family were to be found in Zulu-
land, and such rare animals as the hippo-
potamus and rhinoceros still roamed there.

Great changes have taken place in South
Africa, and the Police and armed forces
have kept up with the times. Motor cars,
aeroplanes and mechanical transport have
succeeded the horse and the ox wagon, but

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the old fighting spirit still prevails and the
South African troops have done nobly in
the recent campaigns against the Italians in
Somaliland and Ethiopia.

The Natal Mounted Police has been non-
existant as a force since 1913, but all its
members at that time were taken on the
strength of the South African Police and
Mounted Rifles and many of them served
with distinction in those bodies. The old
force went out with an outstanding record
of achievement and devotion to duty, and
the important part it played in building
the Colony is one of the highlights in the
history of Natal.

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