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by this time, would have retained their habits unmodified by their 

 short intercourse with the black slaves from Mozambique or Mada- 

 gascar, the Malays, or the Europeans who formed then the com- 

 paratively new settlement. 



It will readily be admitted that conical vases, that could not stand 

 by themselves, would prove singularly inefficient for many purposes, 

 especially for milking cows or ewes, and we know that milk was one 



Fig 20. x ?. 



of the main staples of the food of the Hottentots." For that purpose 

 they possibly made use of another kind of vessel, like that found 

 in Cape Town and figured here.f 



* The evidence obtained from the first records of colonisation unmistakably 

 point to the fact that the Strand Loopers had no cattle or sheep. 



f This remarkable specimen was lately discovered at a great depth in the main 

 street of Cape Town, close to the place where the stream of fresh water from which 

 vessels in the early days replenished their stores, and not far from the sand-dunes 

 which at that time extended to that point. In style it approximates some of the 

 Batlapin's (Bechuanas) pottery, yet it is quite distinct. It is very coarsely made 

 and indifferently baked. 



