Appendix 



Second Sight 



Native "diviners" in South Africa, from The Spiritualism 

 of the Zw/, by C. H. Bull, of Durban. 



" Many years ago I was riding transport between Durban 

 and the Umzimkulu. I checked my loads at Durban 

 and found them correct with the waybill, but when I 

 reached my destination I discovered that I was one case 

 short, for which I had to pay. On my return to my farm, 

 I mentioned the fact to my brother, who proposed, more 

 in the spirit of fun than anything else, that we should visit 

 a diviner, and endeavour to discover what had become of it. 

 I consented, and together we repaired to a native diviner. 

 He immediately informed us of the object of our visit, 

 although, so far as I can tell, it was morally impossible for 

 him to have known it through any ordinary channels, 

 and then he went on speaking as though in a dream: ' I 

 see a waggon loaded with cases climbing up the Umgwababa 

 Hill ; there has been a lot of rain and the roads are slippery. 

 Half way up the hill the rains have washed a gully ; into 

 this the waggon lurches, displacing a small case, which 

 falls to the ground, but the driver, who is busy urging his 

 team up the hill, does not notice it. Now the waggon 

 has passed out of sight, but I see a Kaffir coming up the hill. 

 When he reaches the spot where the case is lying, he stops 

 for a few moments to examine it, and then proceeds to 

 the top of the hill, where he stands for a few moments 

 shading his eyes with his hand, as though looking beyond. 

 Now he returns to where the case is lying, and lifting it 

 up, crosses the road, and pushing his way through some 

 tall tambootie grass, he reaches a large indonie tree ; under 

 the tree there is a stunted clump of wild bananas. He places 

 the case in the centre of the clump, and after concealing it 



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