in.] SOUTH AFRICAN TRIBES. h7 



The Kafir divisions of this family are enumerated under 

 the head " Kafir ;" the other two are stated by Dr Living- 

 stone as follows : 



"2nd. The Bakoni and Basuto division contains in the 

 south all those tribes which acknowledge Moshesh as their 

 paramount chief; among them we find the Batau, the Baputi, 

 Makolokue, &c, and some mountaineers on the range Maluti, 

 who are believed, by those who have carefully sifted the evi- 

 dence, to have been at one time guilty of cannibalism. This 

 Las been doubted, but their songs admit the fact to this day, 

 and they ascribe their having left off the odious practice of 

 entrapping human prey, to Moshesh having given them cattle. 

 They are called Marimo and Mayabathu, men-eaters, by the 

 rest of the Basuto, who have various subdivisions, as Makatla, 

 Bamakakana, Matlapatlapa, &c. 



" The Bakoni farther north than the Basuto are the Batlou, 

 Baperi, Bapo, and another tribe of Bakuena, Bamosetla, Ba- 

 mapela or Balaka, Babiriri, Bapiri, Bahukeng, Batlokua, 

 Baakhahela, &c. &c. ; the whole of which tribes are favoured 

 with abundance of rain, and, being much attached to agricul- 

 ture, raise very large quantities of grain. It is on their in- 

 dustry that the more distant Boers revel in slothful abundance, 

 and follow their slave-hunting and cattle-stealing propensities 

 quite beyond the range of English influence and law. The 

 Basuto under Moshesh are equally fond of cultivating the soil : 

 the chief labour of hoeing, driving away birds, reaping, and 

 winnowing, falls to the willing arms of the hard-working 

 women; but, as the men, as well as their wives, as already 

 stated, always work, many have followed the advice of the 

 missionaries, and now use ploughs and oxen, instead of the 

 hoe. 



" 3rd. The Bakalahari, or western branch of the Bechuana 

 family, consists of Barolong, Bahurutse, Bakuena, Bangwa- 

 ketse, Bakaa, Bamangwato, Bakurutse, Batauana, Bamatlaro, 

 and Batlapi. Among the last the success of missionaries has 



