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best manner he can to form some sort of a shelter, 

 and creeps into it. After the nest has been used for 

 some time young twigs grow up about it and increase 

 its resemblance to a huge bird's nest, which is carried 



Bushmen in their neat. 



still further by the custom its occupants have of lining 

 it with grass, leaves, wool, or other soft materials. 



It is, indeed, this nest-making habit that has given 

 this group of South African negroes the name of 

 Bushmen. 



The native of Australia, whose development among 

 the races of human beings in the world is about on a 

 par with that of the Bushmen, whom in many par- 



