Part 25 (2/2)

”I think we shall here a rietbok find,” a Dutch the side of a rass and reeds; or ”Here--so look for a duikerbok,” as he rides ae loose stones near which are low thorny bushes and grass

The Boer is coe, heavy man, and disposed to become very fleshy as he advances in years This latter characteristic probably arises froely at hisbecomes to hi from one place to another is considered at once to be either eccentric or very poor

From some reason the Field Boer is rather disposed to look down upon the sporting prowess of Englishmen, but he not unusually finds himself beaten in a competition with those very men whose inefficiency he considered to be a certainty

Within quite modern tilish; viz when the Boers attacked the English troops in the Natal district, in 1842; and again in 1848, when the English, under Sir Harry Smith, attacked and defeated the confederate Boers at the battle of the Berea In both these encounters the Dutchmen showed an entire inability to withstand the attacks of disciplined troops, but at the same time displayedsuch stations that they ht be protected from the ene so rapidly that they escaped the usual results of a defeat As a coar, is still an a-craft It is from him that you may learn the habits and peculiarities of the many rare animals which inhabit South Africa The footprints of the various creatures, the localities where they may be found at different ti theerous animals, and, lastly, the adventures, successes, and escapes that have occurred either to him or to his immediate friends, form the ained froht and breadth of your father and grandfather, randmother, sisters, brothers, and friends, and received also a short account of the sporting capabilities of your male relatives

The Town Boer is usually a trader, and keeps a sort of general store, selling every thing, frounpowder, and a patent cure-every-thing pill

THE HOTTENTOT

The Hottentot has possessed certain peculiar characteristics ever since he was first discovered by Europeans He is dirty, idle, drunken, and hardy His idea of luxury is to dance to theily, yellowlips 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

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