100 APPENDIX. [sect. 



There are many other South African tribes whom we 

 cannot now even name, the object here being either to gene- 

 ralize with respect to race, or to particularize only in reference 

 to such tribes as our traveller brings under our notice in con- 

 nexion with his travels. 



The general question of manners and customs 

 Traces of the . •.,• -i-. . t. j. j • . 



ancient Egyp- 1S an interesting one, but cannot be entered mto 



tians in many now. Still some remains of the ancient Egyp- 

 iespec ^ oder g tians appear among the people in various parts 

 South Afri- of South Africa in this as well as in other par- 

 ticulars. 



In the deep recesses of the dark forests of Londa, the 

 people have cut human faces on the bark of the trees, the out- 

 lines of which, with the beards, closely resemble those seen on 

 Egyptian monuments 1 . 



" The different Bechuana tribes are named after certain 

 animals, shewing probably that in former times they were 

 addicted to animal- worship like the ancient Egyptians. 

 The term Bakatla means 'they of the monkey;' Bakuena 

 ' they of the alligator ;' Batlapi, ' they of the fish ;' each tribe 

 having a superstitious dread of the animal after which it is 

 called 2 ." 



After the manner of the same people, one tribe never eats 

 the animal which is its namesake, using the term " ila," hate, 

 or dread, with reference to killing it. Traces of extinct ancient 

 tribes exist, as the Batau, " they of the lion ;" the Banoga, 

 "they of the serpent." The Bechuanas hate the alligator. 

 If a man be bitten, or even splashed by one, he is expelled his 

 tribe. When a Backwain goes near one of these monsters, he 

 spits on the ground, saying " there is sin." A student of 

 Egyptian history will easily see the connexion between this 

 modern African practice and the feuds of the olden times 



Travels, p. 304. 2 Ibid. p. 13. 



