Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-06-30

considered fiji only for babies. for whom n
separate calabash is kept For the rest.
who have each a calabash, the new milk
is poured in with the Old, and is soon sour
not to say strong enough for the most
tastidinus of ZuluS. pa altcuEirly as the
" milk things > are not often washed.
Europeans find that in that cimlte the
use Of sweet milk tends to bilious diseases
so much thrt they are obliged to initiate
the natives in the custom. though not in
the manner Of sourin9 milk
As in most warm climates, the natives
do everything i'll the most lei,urelv man.
ncr. 1t is late when they all return from
breakfast to their work on play particulars
" as the women and children wait until
the men have eaten. There are but two
meals day. and the second is the III Incl
pal one. The women return from their
work in tim" to prepare it by eight or nine
@ clock III the evening. 1t consists of
ylms. OF green corn, OF other vegetables
roasted in the ashes, fruits of which they
have 4 large and delicious, variety; and
sometimes boiled greens, one kind of
which will Interest American houSckcep-
crs. namely: the tender shoots Of the
pumpkin vine and the very Young pump
kin~. cooked precisely a> " beet greens =
are cooked here. This dish is pronounced
by Europeans to be superior to most
&" green's.
Butter is used on Y as pou.a,un. TO
es Or,>h gourd,) and the cream allowed
to rise. The cream is poured INTO another
clIalrI>h, ami violently shaken until the
small, anh the qu1li,v smaller. 50 that it
i n"t to be wondered 1T that Z1lu women
cannot comprehend why white people lIk e
butter.
Their cooking i conducted with such a
degree of nr:,tnrs> that many white pco-
pie do no, hesitate To lartakc Of their food ,
an honor which the natives appreciate
The gardens of the women are well kept
and rival those of civilized countries bot h
in fuit> AMI II ,wers
They are not wanting in imagination
One of the chief anu>emrntS of the girls
Is to collect tu~tthcr 1t sunset and tell iai-
ry tales. often inventinT them ut the time
These stories are Of the marvellous order.
much Ike those of the Arabian Nights.
and some of them scarcely Inferior in III
tere~t and coIorin".
The number of wives i in proportion to
thr wealth of the master of the kraal-
Since the father ALWAYS cXact- the highest
possible dover from li- daughters hr>-
band. there are seldom more than three or
four wives Each of these wives has a
separate hat @ar,lrn.-indreI an entirely
separate establishment from any other
wife. The husband has Learned from sad
experience to make dis arrangement: but
here ar" ie:tlou~ic> and walS nevertheless
Domestic peace does not rciyn supreme
even i'll Zulu Araal: and though the hus-
band. ~ Il last resort in an aggravated
case, viii whip his wife to establish his
own authority and to promote the general
happiness of the community. he j., ON the
whole. = much->coldc,l. LclI-pccked man.
Though the at and voun9cst wife has
USUALLY i transient sIn,rrin1cv. it IS the
first wife. as 4 rule. who 1T, The greatest
>h.t e uf her II l,Iunr~ affection. and the
rreatcst influence over him The BOYS leave
/ The mother at tire are of fourteen. to live
| n 4 separate hu, near the fat cr: but She
retains her d4u.lt,.r- until their lu1rri.,rp.
/ toward which imp,r,ant event the /I,u
| maiden takes the first >lccp-unI,-s her
/ father i, I'm unusually ..,Ill.l u.rcnt =
! in the following m.nncr: She set, out
! from her father, hrtll about sunset. or at
such a time tillt She ,h9lI reach the kraaI
of her victim, who as Vet is supposed to
( he Unconscious of the honor awaitinr
. him. When She la, arrived. She ,it< oIlt
side t .c enclosure. un:il some on. coal;nr
ullt discovers her. and invites her t. come
| in. She must cn no account make any
~i4n OF h.r arrival. if She Its there ali
night. - She sometimes does. though
the discovery j. Socn maG". One" inSi,i,
H. hlaal, ~l,. i irrounjrd br Ike rir'-
and voHng women. who know the import q
special am is. rs VET. ,oncwltt inl~fi-
ME. Thee is -o,lipVl9t of a tIuttcr in