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INTRODUCTION.
 

I TOOK with me, among pthers, on my recent visit to the
Zulù King, a young man, William, and two of the elder lads
of the Institution at Ekukanyeni, Undiane and Magema,
ali three of them able to read and write. They were told to
keep journals of their daily doings, and these narratives are
the result of the experiment.

As these narratives are written in simple idiomatic Zulù,
they are particularly well adapted for any who are beginning
to study the language. On this account, I have thought it
well to append a translation and notes, which latter refer
the English reader to those articles in my smaller Gram_
mar, which explain any difììculties that may be likely
to embarrass him in his first attempts at the language. By
tnrning to the book and comparing the rules there laid down
with the passage or expression under consideration the
student will thus be made thoroughly familiar by degrees
with ali parts of the Grammar.

I have found it necessary also to add a Glossary. Mr.
Perrin's small dictionary being out of print, and Mr. Dohne's
being too large for the wants of the ordinary Student.

J. W. NATAL.

Bishopstowe, Aprii 2,  1860.