GLOSSARY 



NOTE. The spelling of Cape Dutch and native names is in many cases not to 

 be determined by recognised authority. The pronunciation cannot be quite 

 accurately suggested through the medium of English. The figures J 

 weights and measurements of animals are gathered from many sources, 

 and refer only to first-class specimens. The weights are necessarily 

 approximate. 



AASVOGEL (D), a vulture (lit. carrion bird). 



ANTBEAR, AARDVARK (D) (Orycteropus Afer). 



ANT-HEAP, mound made by termites or ' white ants.' Usually 

 formed by one colony of ants ; about two to four feet in base 

 diameter and height, but often in certain localities very much 

 larger. The writer photographed one this year near the scene 

 of the Last Hunt, eighteen feet base diameter and ten feet high, 

 and another in Rhodesia which formed a complete background 

 for a travelling waggonette and six mules. In both cases these 

 mounds were ' deserted cities,' and trees, probably fifty to one 

 hundred years old, were growing out of them. 



ASSEGAI (pro. ass-e-guy) (N), native spear. 



BAAS (D), master. 



BANSELA (pro. baan-se-la) (N), a present. 



BEKER (pro. beaker) (D), a cup. 



BILLY, a small tin utensil with lid and handle, used for boiling water. 



BUCKSAIL, tarpaulin used for covering transport waggons, which are 



known as buck-waggons. 

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