SOiMK I'LAfK-NAMl-'.S uF fSOLo. 609 



Pepelo arises out of the ltthioi)ian troul)les which occurred 

 some }ears a,^() in the Mission Field. A section of native church- 

 members seceded from the United Free Church of Scotland, and 

 the leader of the seceders called the place where he lived Pcpelrt, 

 meaning '■i)lace of refuge." Another ne\\ word. 



Nyembczi, signifying " a tear," would seem to indicate some 

 incident causing unusual sorrow in that locality. 



Vhalamatzva means " writing of the Bushmen," and is the 

 name given to the places where Bushmen ])aintings are to be 

 found. The name really is a contraction of two words, " iibala 

 amatzva." 



Sigoiiycla, a grandson of Faku, and once located at the place 

 which still retains his name. 



Sindeko, Diko, Majaba. and Lochcnbcrci. have all perpetuated 

 their memories by giving their names to places. The last-named 

 is of more than usual interest, as will be seen from the following 

 quotation : — * 



There liad been living in Pondoland for some time a man named 

 Lochenberg. who had created various disturbances in that part of the 

 countrJ^ Associated ever since 1793 with renegades from the Cape Colony, 

 this man had been notorious \'ears before among the southern tribes, but 

 I he fate that had overtaken his companions seemed tardy in reaching 

 him. 



His career, liowever, had at last come to a close. At the head of a 

 party of maratiders he attacked a tribe that was at war with Faku. the 

 Paramount Pondi) Chief, and was killed in battle. 



His descendants are still to be found in the Tsolo District, on 

 the borders of Pondoland. A location is named after him, and one 

 of his descendants is a headman. 



These instances are stifficient to show how the native ]~»lace- 

 names perpetuate incidents and persons of the ]jast. 



n. — Xaiucd Accordiny tu Shape or Special Characteristics. 



Mbokot-ciana. — The rounded stones used as grindstones by 

 the natives are called i-AIbokoto, and the ])lace-name is just the 

 dimimttive form. .\s a matter of fact, a doleritic outcroj) in the 

 neighbotirhood has ])roduced nttmeroti^ hard dolerite nodtiles, and 

 this has given the place its name. 



Sebeni. " at the branches," marks the j)lact' wliere a spur is 

 sent oitt, a branch, from the Matiwane Range. 



Cingco, the name given to a pointed hill, reveals another new 

 word to us. The word, I understand, means " pointed." 



Mjika is given to the ]ilace where the Umtata River makes a 

 complete ttirn in its course, and is derived from the verb " to 

 turn." 



Ntlangano signifies a junction, as when the Tsitsa River 

 meets the Jnxu River, and also is a])parently a new discovery. 



Qoloriibaiia, a small cave. 



Emhlabati. — Ihlaba is a special kind of soil which no doubt is 

 plentiful in the vicinity. 



* G. McCall Theal's " SdUtli .African History and (ieography."' 84. 



