Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1972 - Natural history |
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... boys on the grazing land common to the group ( Pl . 36 : 3 ) , and at night are confined to the kraal of their owner's homestead . Herd - boys control them by whistling through a double reed whistle , or one bought at the store ( Pl ...
... boys on the grazing land common to the group ( Pl . 36 : 3 ) , and at night are confined to the kraal of their owner's homestead . Herd - boys control them by whistling through a double reed whistle , or one bought at the store ( Pl ...
Page 321
... boys ' weapons which were and still are fairly commonly used in hunting birds and other small creatures . Xhosa , Thembu and western Mpondo informants in 1955 said that they were no longer seen , but eastern Mpondo and Xesibe still knew ...
... boys ' weapons which were and still are fairly commonly used in hunting birds and other small creatures . Xhosa , Thembu and western Mpondo informants in 1955 said that they were no longer seen , but eastern Mpondo and Xesibe still knew ...
Page 353
... boy is said to have such a trap and to trap birds every day during winter . Ten birds can be caught during a good day's trapping . Hunting and trapping birds is said to be the only pastime of the boys . Gcaleka : use bird - lime as the ...
... boy is said to have such a trap and to trap birds every day during winter . Ten birds can be caught during a good day's trapping . Hunting and trapping birds is said to be the only pastime of the boys . Gcaleka : use bird - lime as the ...
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