AMONG THE ZULUS AND AMATONGAS

With sketches of the natives, their language and customs :

And the country, products, climate, wild animals, &c.

Being principally contributions to magazines and newspapers ; by the late David Leslie.

Edited by the Hon. W. H. Drummond. Glasgow :

Second edition: frontispiece portrait, xvi. 436 pages, foxing throughout and on the page edges, original green cloth boards with gilt vignette on the upper cover, titled gilt on the spine, starting to wear at the hinges, embossed ownership mark on the front free end paper, corners bumped, a good copy.

Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography volume 1 page 888: In the obituary notice of the author, published by the Glasgow Citizen, on May 12, 1874, it is stated that David Leslie was born at Taymount, Perthshire, and went to Natal when he was eleven years of age. Three years later, " having become proficient in the Zulu language," he was " appointed interpreter to the Courts of Law in Natal." Subsequently he engaged in commercial life, but afterwards occupied himself in trading and hunting in the interior of South Africa. In the course of these pursuits he became acquainted with Psafosaer Drummond, who speaks in the highest terms of his character and abilities. While on a hunting expedition in South East Africa, Mr. Leslie and his companions were captured by the Portuguese authorities, and later on they brought a claim against them for illegal seizure and detention. Soon after this Mr. Leslie was attacked by fever, and on his recovery went back to Scotland, where he died on May 11, 1874, aged 35 years.

The work contains a large number of articles written by the author on South African subjects, many of which have been previously published in magazines and newspapers : they embrace contributions on the subjects of " Kaffir Character and Customs," and " Wild Life in South Africa," and include an account of a visit to the Zulu king, Panda. The information afforded respecting Natal and Zululand is of a valuable and reliable nature,

disclosing much practical knowledge and ability on the part of the writer.

Mr. Drummond states that " he left his mark upon every colonial question he took up.