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Mr Allan Quater Mameena,

a kind of Zulu Helen, has, it should be stated, a broad foundation in

historical fact Leaving Male between the Princes Cetewayo and Umbelazi for succession to

the throne of Zululand is true

When the differences between these sons of his became intolerable,

because of the tu

Panda, their father, the son of Senzangakona, and the brother of the

great Chaka and of Dingaan, who had ruled before hi bulls quarrel they had better fight it out" So, at least, I

was told by the late Mr F B Fynney, ue at the time of the

annexation of the Transvaal in 1877, who, as Zulu Border Agent, with the

exceptions of the late Sir Theophilus Shepstone and the late Sir Melmoth

Osborn, perhaps knew more of that land and people than anyone else of

his period

As a result of this hint given by a ht at Endondakusuka in December, 1856, between the

Usutu party, commanded by Cetewayo, and the adherents of U the Zulus as

"Indhlovu-ene-Sihlonti," or the "Elephant with the tuft of hair," froren upon his back

My friend, Sir Melmoth Osborn, who died in or about the year 1897, was

present at this battle, although not as a co story, told to o, of the events of