344 THE WIT AND WISDOM OF THE P.ANTU. 



Uhlangcne nembila cicitakala, he came upon the conies as they 

 were dispersing (He did not long enjoy his good fortune). A 

 man falls with his shadow (Sic transit gloria mundi). Whence we 

 come is far away, whither we go is near (Our days are drawing 

 in). The bull does not bellow at the second ascent (Our dancing 

 days are done). 



Itshoba lanquma, the tail- brush stiffened : itshoba lalala iim^ 

 bete, the tail-brush lay on the dew ; Iwahlansa usehva, the cala- 

 bash threw up its contents; ucilo idahle intete, the tinkie has let 

 •^o the grasshopper, are all expressions for the article of death. 

 Ngongubo ziy' eweni, his garments are off to the precipice; 

 sekubekzve intlamvunje, a branch has already been laid over him, 

 are said of one as good as dead. There is a plan, they say, for 

 dealing with everything but death. Death has many petticoats 

 (There are many ways of dying). Incibi yamansi if a ngamansi, 

 eyesikali if a sikali, the waterman dies by water, and the spearman 

 by the spear. FJokuf alityeli, the hour of death gives no warn- 

 ing. Death is in the fold of our mantle. Death is always a new 

 thing. Akuko mnmngo ungenaliba, there is no hillside without its 

 grave. The leopard dies with his spots (the chief with his policy 

 and plans and renown). Lento umntu iyemka- nok' ibongzvayo, 

 this thing man departs, however celebrated he is. It is the known 

 tree that is felled ( It is the prominent man that is marked for 

 denunciation and death). A man is admired after his death 

 {De mortiiis nil nisi bonum). Ngiza kiimlandula Msila, I have 

 come to excuse Mzila (Mortuus est). Awu! Maswana usele! 

 Alas! iMazwana has remained behind (dead on the field of 

 honour). 



(Finally received, July 27, 1917.) 



TRANSACTIONS OF SOCIETIES 



Chejmical, Metallurgical and Mining Society of_ South Africa.-— 

 Saturday, September 15th : G. Hildick-Smith, B.Sc, President, in the chair, 

 — Presidential address : G. Hildick-Smith. The address, at the outset, 

 referred to the want of co-ordination and systematic research work in all 

 branches of industry in the British Empire, and went on to apply this, 

 as a general axiom, in particular to the underground work on the mines. 

 Reference was made, in the first place, to the essentials for carrying on a 

 research department, and then to the branches of work which such a 

 department could profitably undertake. — '"A logarithmic calculator": D. R. 

 Robinson. A description of an instrument, essentially a circular slide 

 rule, introduced in several survey offices on the Rand over a year ago, 

 for the purpose of reducing planimeter readings of mine plans to tonnages 

 and areas on the dip. 



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 Du Pleesis, Rev. Prof. J. — " Thrice through the Dark Continent." 



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 Loram, Dr. C. T.— " The Education of the South African Native." pp. 



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