me. 



INITIATION KlTliS UF Til]-: llAIilDi. 5O9 



Kgocrc ga le moshe — And when he is on the other side. 



Arc: tctelego! — He says: A ring. 



Thctelcgo di oloana! — A ring by the httle ant-hill. 



Ntsc go tsenangf — What goes in the ring? 



Go tsena monoge — A snake goes in the ring. 



Noga ca Mosinini — The Mosinini* snake. 



Morcto o fciig- — There is the stripe. 



Nkego oa Motadi — The same as that of the Motadi.f 



Tadc iiialiusoane — ( )f the young Tadi. 



Morcto o tcng — There is the stripe. 



Nkcgo oa Hioiiogc — Like that of the snake. 



No. 3. KGUERI, BITSANYANE. 



Kgucrl, Bitsanyanc — -I say, Bitsanyane. 



Tsha megoere ca Tshcdi — (^f the valley of Tshedi. 



Kgucrl re sa diitshr — I say, while we are still sitting. 



Lc methcpa ca gcsliu — With our girls. 



Ea tsipa ca tabana — On the iron of a little liill. 



Ka koa sc re kiito — I heard something knock. 



Na hatshnanyanc — It might have been Bitsanyane. 



Mogolo oa renn — Dur elder brother. 



No. 4. KATA KAEE MAGOPHRNG.t 

 Kata kacc uiagopheng — I walked among the aloes. 

 RcJiloa re ifslie too — I remained there quiet. 

 Re gahlana kgalano — We met at the meeting-place. 

 Lc Modi a Tsoku — With Modi of Tsoku. ? 

 Modi oa Tsoku se rikgafe — Modi of Tsoku. don't trample on 



Oa uipona kc hctla — Don't trample on me. 

 Ke hctla kga uiclo — You see me that I am carving a bucket. 

 Kga nielo ea di tshocui — The bucket of the baboon. 

 Tslioeui Puleiig di a raga — The baboon in the rain always 

 kicks. 



That a go raga set hi o dynana — Especially the little heifer. 

 Malekgele ia di tsJiocnc — The i)recipices of the baboon. 



No. 5. SEDUMO: 

 Seduino! Sedunio! — -The thundering roar! The thundering 



roar I 



* Mosinini = a harmless species of snake, with white stripes down the 

 back. 



f Motadi = a species of mouse, probably An'icantltis puwilio. [N.R.] 



X According to a ]\Ialaboch authority, this is chanted when anybody 

 appoaches the boys " in retreat." 



§ Modi a Tsotin. Modi = a long grass rope stretched across a field, 

 and supported by forked poles, and from which tins, rags, etc., are sus- 

 pended. When this rope is pulled, these tins, etc, move. Tt is used for 

 scaring away I)irds from the crops. Tso];it = red ochre. 



