AFKR'\.\ NATIVl-: M I-XODl KS. 623 



" Hey, wizard ! that scar, you soliisa it ; ( we are come. 

 He has not soliisa' d Mankiane.)" The ])art in brackets does 

 not always occur, and may be an addition. The woman Man- 

 kiane, wife of A'lateka, one of Masopha's men, was said to be 

 in Ladybrand not long ago after the rinderpest, so that part of 

 the song cannot be very old. The hiss probably represents the 

 pain, or spurt of blood, during the operation phatsa, inoculation 

 kgainst witchcraft. 



m d r d m d 1, S| 



7. Makopaiic (e! Oei ! Abe!) Ngoana 11 bone matJiiila-'kz.-hXoho. 



I'l ind rd mrd 



Abe, a-he. . Child, see the things knocking their heads to- 

 gether. 



Kopana is to em])race : Makopane is the Mathnla-ka-hlolo , 

 the Punch and Judy kind of doll {modiila), enormous, with a 

 rag head and a feather crest. Two of these are knocked to- 

 gether, and then embrace, as in our folk-drama. I cannot fix 

 the tune of the former nonsense words, probably a variation of 

 the latter. 



Hitherto our tunes have ended on s in the Pentatonic 

 scale, having the single tone above the final: ri r d 1| S| This 

 song, however, has the double tone above the final, virj.. Is mrd, 

 and so corresponds so far with our major mode. The follow- 

 ing appears to be similar. 



m rm rdr l|dS|rl|d 



8. (He!) leqhekoanyana. lea bua ; le 'na. ke bue : hole le Sankoe. 



sm drdsmd 



S| r d S| I'll 

 hoi hoi ! hoi ! ho Sankonini. 



I'l r d 1| S| 

 (and also lea bua ; le 'na, ke bue as a variation of the upper tune). 



Hey ! the little old man, he speaks : let me speak. 



Here, hole le Sankoe may mean " far from Sankoe," appar- 

 ently a place, possibly the speaker's home: ho Sankonini. on the 

 other hand, means to a person of that name. These two names 

 do not seem to be Suto : leqheku also, the diminutive of which 

 begins the song, is the Zulu-Kafir ixegu, probably derived in its 

 turn from Plottentot, like most clicked words. This dramatic 

 little song is said to be fairly recent. I have included all my 

 variations of tune as well as words, as they illustrate my pre- 

 face. 



mrd m r d i'l r d d m r d m 



9. Maribane O ribile A nts'a ts'oana : ts'oana li 'iiiele li 



iiutat extrudens album : alba sunt corpora 



r d 



mekatako (multitudines) . 



