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Odiitracted miners' plitliisi^ vvliile working on the Rand L^old 

 mines, and was sent home u* die. He was sent to hve in this 

 cave, which was used a slee]ving-place by cattle herders. During 

 the long hours of loneliness while tlie boys were out hunting or 

 herding the cattle he whiled away his lime l)y drawing on the 

 rocks, and one can well imagine him descril)ing the wonders of 

 the world he knew, the White Man's magic, and the White 

 Man's ways, beft)re his youthful, awe-struck audience, as they 

 cmvered round the tire at night. 



A careful exploration of these caves should ])ring to light 

 an abundance of material in the form of artefacts of ditiferent 

 kinds. In most cases the caves are floored with solid rock, and 

 the detritus is rarely more than a few inches in depth. In the 

 ^hort lime at luv dis])osal I s]>enit a few hours in examining the 

 debris in two caves, with the help of Mr. Winter, who is shown 

 at work in the accom])anying ])hotograph.* and, in addition to 

 the pigments already referred to. a number of stone implements 

 ■ f the type illustrated (Plate 22. Fig. 12') were di.scovered. 



EXPI.A.NATION 01 Cl.ATF.S. 



Fhtc 17. 



Fig. 1. — Bushman jiainiing on " Mont Blanc," Xo. 1083. 

 Fig. 2. — Bushman painting cu " Dc la Roche."" No. 10.^7. 



Plate iS. 



Fig. 3. — -Bushman ])alimp.-est ( ?). " T'e la Roche." 

 Fig. 4. — Bushman ])aiming, " l)e la Roche." 



Plate 19. 



Fig. 5. — Bantu palimp>e>t. " Bonne Esperance," No. 1088. 

 Fig. 6. — Bantu ijalimp^est. " Bonne Esperance." 



Plate 20. 



Fig. 7. — Cave on " 1 )t.- la Roche." 



Fig. 8. — Bantu rock jvainting: in ca\e at Fig. 7. 



Plate 21. 



Fiu'. g. — Bantu imitan^ns <if Bushman work. " I)e la 



Roche." 

 Fig. lO.^Excavating. 



Plate 22. 



Fig. 11. — Bushman ])ainting (direct ])hotograph) . " De la 



Roche." 

 Fig. 12. — .\rtefacts frum caves on " I )e la Roche." 



Plates 20, Fig. 7; 21. l-'ig. 10. 



