which very naturally he was totally ignorant. He
had no idea that there was a God in heaven, or how the world had been
formed, or of a future state, and it was some time before he could
comprehend the plan of salvation, while he exhibited a woeful ignorance
of what was right and wrong. Had he been older, the task of instructing
him would have been more difficult, but as it was, his mind in most
respects was a perfect blank. He was ready enough, however, to receive
the impression his kind instructress endeavoured to make. As he gained
knowledge himself, he felt very anxious to impart it to Mangaleesu, who
had built a hut on the nearest piece of wild land he could find to the
town. Here he lived with the independence of a Zulu chief and
gentleman, his wife attending to household affairs of a very primitive
description, while he, gun in hand, hunted through the neighbourhood,
and never failed to obtain an ample supply of food. The agent of
Hendricks also was always ready to make advances on the skins of the
animals and the feathers of the birds he shot, which afforded him and
his wife all the other necessaries of life. Though he listened to what
Lionel had to say, he had always a ready answer to excuse himself for
not following his advice. At the same time he assured the boy that he
should be very glad to see him whenever he would come to pay him a
visit. By this means Lionel kept up his knowledge of the Zulu language,
which there would have been a risk of his forgetting while he was
acquiring that of English.

When his guardian returned from D'Urban, he was greatly surprised at his
proficiency, not only in speaking, but in general knowledge.

"If you continue as you have begun, Lionel, you will soon be able to
accompany me on my journeys, and make yourself very useful in a variety
of ways," he said.

"Then I'll make great haste," answered Lionel. "I'll go with you as
soon as you will take me, and learn how to shoot lions and elephants,
and Zulus too, if they try to treat us as they did the people in
Mangaleesu's kraal."

Lionel had still need of further religious instruction, as his last
remark showed, and good Mistress Jansen endeavoured to give it by
teaching him "to love our enemies, to bless them that curse us, to do
good to them that hate us, and to pray for them which despitefully use
and persecute us."

CHAPTER FOUR.

A JOURNEY NORTHWARD.

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