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In the end I had the satisfactioii of finding 

 the practice not so common, but doubtless it was 

 still carried on out of my sight. 



Of course my boy never dared to interfere, 

 though he always said, or pretended, lie did not 

 approve of the proceedings. The Kafirs would 

 certainly have maltreated him, but never dared 

 do more than look their disapprobation at "Papa- 

 lata," the name they have given me, signifying, 

 I believe, i: One who collects everything." 



Tecoma Capensis and one or two other bushes 

 flower three times in the year ; many flower in 

 both spring and autumn. 



Many species of india-rubber tree, bush, and 

 creeper are found here, bearing different-sized 

 white flowers, all more or less star-shaped and 

 sweet-scented like strong jasmine. One of the 

 creeping varieties (Landolphia Monteiroi) bears 

 very large quantities of flowers growing in 

 bunches, the petals long and rather fuzzy and 

 inclined to curl and twist. The belt of bush 

 through which one has to pass on the road to 

 Poulana is full of these creepers, and also of two 



