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Nada the Lily

by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

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Zululand (South Africa) -- Fiction

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  1. 01Front matter~17 min
  2. 02Introduction~10 min
  3. 03CHAPTER I. THE BOY CHAKA PROPHESIES~18 min
  4. 04CHAPTER II. MOPO IS IN TROUBLE~15 min
  5. 05CHAPTER III. MOPO VENTURES HOME~12 min
  6. 06CHAPTER IV. THE FLIGHT OF MOPO AND BALEKA — part 1~25 min
  7. 07CHAPTER IV. THE FLIGHT OF MOPO AND BALEKA — part 2~3 min
  8. 08CHAPTER V. MOPO BECOMES THE KING’S DOCTOR~12 min
  9. 09CHAPTER VI. THE BIRTH OF UMSLOPOGAAS~20 min
  10. 10CHAPTER VII. UMSLOPOGAAS ANSWERS THE KING~18 min
  11. 11CHAPTER VIII. THE GREAT INGOMBOCO — part 1~25 min
  12. 12CHAPTER VIII. THE GREAT INGOMBOCO — part 2~3 min
  13. 13CHAPTER IX. THE LOSS OF UMSLOPOGAAS~21 min
  14. 14CHAPTER X. THE TRIAL OF MOPO — part 1~25 min
  15. 15CHAPTER X. THE TRIAL OF MOPO — part 2~3 min
  16. 16CHAPTER XI. THE COUNSEL OF BALEKA~20 min
  17. 17CHAPTER XII. THE TALE OF GALAZI THE WOLF — part 1~24 min
  18. 18CHAPTER XII. THE TALE OF GALAZI THE WOLF — part 2~3 min
  19. 19CHAPTER XIII. GALAZI BECOMES KING OF THE WOLVES — part 1~25 min
  20. 20CHAPTER XIII. GALAZI BECOMES KING OF THE WOLVES — part 2~4 min
  21. 21CHAPTER XIV. THE WOLF-BRETHREN~18 min
  22. 22CHAPTER XV. THE DEATH OF THE KING’S SLAYERS~15 min
  23. 23CHAPTER XVI. UMSLOPOGAAS VENTURES OUT TO WIN THE AXE~17 min
  24. 24CHAPTER XVII. UMSLOPOGAAS BECOMES CHIEF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE AXE~20 min
  25. 25CHAPTER XVIII. THE CURSE OF BALEKA — part 1~25 min
  26. 26CHAPTER XVIII. THE CURSE OF BALEKA — part 2~4 min
  27. 27CHAPTER XIX. MASILO COMES TO THE KRAAL DUGUZA~20 min
  28. 28CHAPTER XX. MOPO BARGAINS WITH THE PRINCES~19 min
  29. 29CHAPTER XXI. THE DEATH OF CHAKA~24 min
  30. 30CHAPTER XXII. MOPO GOES TO SEEK THE SLAUGHTERER~21 min

A few words to begin

Some years since—it was during the winter before the Zulu War—a White Man was travelling through Natal. His name does not matter, for he plays no part in this story. With him were two wagons laden with goods, which he was transporting to Pretoria. The weather was cold and there was little or no grass for the oxen, which made the journey difficult; but he had been tempted to it by the high rates of transport that prevailed at that season of the year, which would remunerate him for any probable loss he might suffer in cattle. So he pushed along on his journey, and all went well until he had passed the little town of Stanger, once the site of Duguza, the kraal of Chaka, the first Zulu king and the uncle of Cetywayo. The night after he left Stanger the air turned bitterly cold, heavy grey clouds filled the sky, and hid the light of the stars. “Now if I were not in Natal, I should say that there was a heavy fall of snow coming,” said the White Man to himself. “I have often seen the sky look like that in Scotland before snow.” Then he reflected that there had been no deep snow in Natal for years, and, having drunk a “tot” of squareface and smoked his pipe, he went to bed beneath the after-tent of his larger wagon.

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