476 



THE REED-FERRY THE BAYEYE. 



most daily presented itself to the view, which alone was a 

 sufficient reward for my troubles and anxieties. 





EEED-FERRY. 



CHAPTER XXXIX. 



TheBajeye. — Their Country ; Persons; Language; Disposition; Ly- 

 ing and Pilfering Habits. — Polygamy practiced among the Bayeye. 

 — Their Houses; Dress; Ornaments; Weapons; Liquors; Agri- 

 culture ; Grain ; Fruits ; Granaries. — Hunting. — Fishing. — Nets. — 

 Diseases. — The Matsanyana. — The Bavicko. — Libebe. 



For a considerable distance to the northward of the chief's 

 werft, the banks of the Teoge are inhabited by Bayeye, and 

 a few scattered Bushmen, all acknowledging Lecholetebe as 

 their chief. Cooley supposes that these people came origin- 

 ally from the West Coast, and that they have been established 



* The above wood-cut represents a native in the act of ferrying him- 

 self across the river on notliing .but a bundle of reeds, with sidings 

 and uprights of the same light materials. It is a most ingenious con- 

 trivance, and, in localities where wood is scarce, answers the purpose 

 admirablv. 



