Produced by Charles Klingman
1895
COPYRIGHT BY T. FISHER UNWINfor Great Britain and the United States of America.
"So geographers, in Afric maps,
With savage pictures fill their gaps,
And o'er uninhabitable downs
Place elephants for want of towns."
Glossary
Allemagtig, almighty
Boomslang, an innocuous colubrine snake
*Donga, a gully with steep sides
Drift, the ford of a river
*E-hea, exactly so
*Ewe, yes
Hamel, a wether sheep
*Icanti, a fabulous serpent, the mere appearance of which is supposedto cause death
*Impandulu, the lightning bird. The Kafirs believe the lightning to bea bird
*Impi, an army or any military force on the war path
*Induna, a Zulu councilor or general
Kapater, a wether goat
Kerrie, a stick such as is almost invariably carried by a Kafir
Kloof, a gorge or valley
Kaffirboom, a large arboreal aloe
Kopje, an abrupt hillock
Kraal, (1) an enclosure for stock; a fold or pen. (2) a native hut, orcollection of huts
Krantz, a cliff
*Lobola, the payment of cattle by a man to the father of the girl hewants to marry
*Mawo, an exclamation of surprise
Mealies, maize
Op togt, on a trading trip
Ou Pa, grandfather
Outspan, to unyoke a team
Raak, hit
Reim, a leather thong
Reimje, diminutive of foregoing
Schulpad, a tortoise
Sjambok: a heavy whip made of rhinocerous hide
Stoep, a space about two yards, in width along the front or side of ahouse. Usually covered by a verandah in the case of South Africanhouses
Taaibosch, "tough bush," a shrub. Rhus lucida
*Tikoloshe, a water spirit who is supposed, when people are drowned, tohave pulled them under water by the feet
"Ukushwama, the feast of first fruits;—celebrated by the Bacas andsome other Bantu tribes
*Umtagati, magic;—witchcraft
Veldt. unenclosed and uncultivated land. The open country
Veldschoens, home-made boots such as those in general use amongst South
African Boers
Voor-huis, the dining and sitting-room in a Dutch house
*Yebo, yes
*Kafir terms are marked by an asterisk.
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