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Nada the Lily

by H. Rider Haggard

Pages
about 425
Category
Literature & Fiction
Language
English
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CHAPTER I. THE BOY CHAKA PROPHESIES CHAPTER II. MOPO IS IN TROUBLE CHAPTER III. MOPO VENTURES HOME CHAPTER IV. THE FLIGHT OF MOPO AND BALEKA CHAPTER V. MOPO BECOMES THE KING’S DOCTOR CHAPTER VI. THE BIRTH OF UMSLOPOGAAS CHAPTER VII. UMSLOPOGAAS ANSWERS THE KING CHAPTER VIII. THE GREAT INGOMBOCO CHAPTER IX. THE LOSS OF UMSLOPOGAAS CHAPTER X. THE TRIAL OF MOPO CHAPTER XI. THE COUNSEL OF BALEKA CHAPTER XII. THE TALE OF GALAZI THE WOLF CHAPTER XIII. GALAZI BECOMES KING OF THE WOLVES CHAPTER XIV. THE WOLF-BRETHREN CHAPTER XV. THE DEATH OF THE KING’S SLAYERS CHAPTER XVI. UMSLOPOGAAS VENTURES OUT TO WIN THE AXE CHAPTER XVII. UMSLOPOGAAS BECOMES CHIEF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE AXE CHAPTER XVIII. THE CURSE OF BALEKA CHAPTER XIX. MASILO COMES TO THE KRAAL DUGUZA CHAPTER XX. MOPO BARGAINS WITH THE PRINCES CHAPTER XXI. THE DEATH OF CHAKA CHAPTER XXII. MOPO GOES TO SEEK THE SLAUGHTERER CHAPTER XXIII. MOPO REVEALS HIMSELF TO THE SLAUGHTERER CHAPTER XXIV. THE SLAYING OF THE BOERS CHAPTER XXV. THE WAR WITH THE HALAKAZI PEOPLE CHAPTER XXVI. THE FINDING OF NADA CHAPTER XXVII. THE STAMPING OF THE FIRE CHAPTER XXVIII. THE LILY IS BROUGHT TO DINGAAN CHAPTER XXIX. MOPO TELLS HIS TALE CHAPTER XXX. THE COMING OF NADA CHAPTER XXXI. THE WAR OF THE WOMEN CHAPTER XXXII. ZINITA COMES TO THE KING CHAPTER XXXIII. THE END OF THE PEOPLE, BLACK AND GREY CHAPTER XXXIV. THE LILY’S FAREWELL CHAPTER XXXV. THE VENGEANCE OF MOPO AND HIS FOSTERLING CHAPTER XXXVI. MOPO ENDS HIS TALE

For I will call you by the name that for fifty years has been honoured by every tribe between Zambesi and Cape Agulbas,—I greet you!

Sompseu, my father, I have written a book that tells of men and matters of which you know the most of any who still look upon the light; therefore, I set your name within that book and, such as it is, I offer it to you.

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