A CLEVER RUSE.
An amusing story is embodied in the report of Captain von Esdorff, the Governor of a district in the German West African territories. An order had been issued to register and stamp all the firearms in the hands of the natives, who were very reluctant to obey instructions, being afraid that they would be deprived of their weapons. In Damaraland, however, Lieutenant Eggers succeeded in carrying out the task with complete satisfaction. He had been employed three years ago to inoculate the cattle as a protection against the rinderpest, an operation which the Damaras appreciated thoroughly after a short experience. The wily lieutenant gave out that he proposed to vaccinate all their rifles and muskets so as to make them shoot straight, and to preserve them from injury. With childish confidence the Damaras rushed into his camp from every part of the country, and eagerly submitted their guns to the stamping process.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1424, 15 June 1899, Page 13
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155A CLEVER RUSE. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1424, 15 June 1899, Page 13
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