Part 25 (1/2)
The Hottentot is a sh cheek-bones, s lips His dress usually consists of yellow leather trousers tere felt hat, in which are ostrich feathers
The Hottentots are usually waggon-drivers, groo In this latter position they excel al riders, and very fair shots, and thus are useful to the white hunter
They can eat at one lisher than enerous to their friends, and it is rare indeed for ”Totty” to refuse to share his all with a friend
Between the Totty and the Kaffir a deadly hatred exists, the for the latter
THE AMAKOSA KAFFIR
The general ter on the colony of the Cape These differ only in h their connexion with the English history of the Cape is very different The Amakosa Kaffirs are those who inhabit the district to the eastward of the Cape colony, and it is with these tribes that we have very frequently been at war
Thenot unusually six feet in height Their clothing consists of a blanket, which is discarded when a long journey is undertaken and it is not necessary to sleep out at night Their weapon is the light assagy, termed by them ”Umkonto” This spear can be thrown to the distance of seventy or eighty yards, and it will have sufficient force to penetrate through a y is no e nuuns
The Kaffirs are very fond of horses, and many of our disputes with these tribes arose fro both horses and cattle
Like most of the African tribes, the Kaffirs build wicker-work huts, and thatch these with the long Tae the huts in a circle, and thus fore, or e term a kraal
The Zulu tribe are those Kaffirs who inhabit the country east of Natal
They are, as a rule, shorter and stouter than the Ahtly froy instead of the light throwing spear of the Aht at close quarters than are the Alish have never yet been at ith the Zulus, but before our occupation of Natal the Dutch erants had several encounters, the events connected hich have been detailed in the preceding pages
The Matabili are a tribe of Kaffirs in the interior, nearly due north of Natal They are a branch of the Zulu nation, and occupy the country situated in about 26 degrees south latitude, and about 29 degrees east longitude
The Bushipsies of Africa They are usually wanderers, travelling froame travels
They are s, arrant thieves, and al the rocks, or build rough huts in the bush They are the only inhabitants of South Africa who use the bow and arrow, and these men poison their arroith so deadly a composition as to produce certain death in the creature struck by an arrow
The End
APPENDIX
THE DUTCH BOER OF SOUTH AFRICA
The terlish is used to describe a h, uneducated, and illiterate, ains his living by rural pursuits It is not uncommon to hear the Boers speak of their companions as ”_Mensch_”
(men), a distinction which they e to the disputes or battles which have taken place between the English ”_Roe-barges_” (red coats) and themselves
The Boers may be divided into two classes, viz the ”Field Boer,” and the ”Town Boer”
The Field Boer is a man who usually resides on his farenerally the owner of two or three ”_spans_” of oxen, as the teaons, and several horses for his own riding, which he is at all times ready to sell, if a chance offers He passes his ti after his farround that he cultivates is usually very s about the utht of the Field Boer, and he is very expert, both in following gae country, are the ame