i8 THE MONKEYFOLK OF SOUTH AFRICA 



Nobody knows where this yellow race came from. Then 

 other races, we were told, came from far away north and 

 travelled through Africa to where we live. They didn't 

 march right down all at once. They moved slowly to the 

 south. You see, the various tribes fought amongst them- 

 selves, and the weaker ones would be driven away into the 

 wilderness, which they would make their home. Then 

 there would be more fighting, and those who were beaten 

 would have to run off and find a new place where they could 

 live in peace, or else be killed. So at last these people 

 began to appear in South Africa. First came the Bushmen 

 who gave us so much trouble, then came the other black 

 and brown races of men, until the whole country was full 

 of them. 



A WHITE RACE OF MEN 



From away over the ocean a race of people with white 

 skins, and with hair instead of wool, came in ships and made 

 their home at the place you call the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Then other races or tribes of them came and there was 

 much fighting. There were people you call Portuguese, 

 and Dutchmen, then Frenchmen, and lastly came English 

 people. The Dutch people love nature ; they have the 

 true pioneer spirit. Theirs was once a great nation. Their 

 ships scoured the seas and penetrated into all kinds of 

 places and they made new homes there. 



Well, when the Dutchmen got tired of fighting, they 

 began to spread out and live on the veld. They planted 

 mealies, pumpkins, wheat, fruit-trees, and reared different 

 kinds of animals. Then the black people began to trouble 

 them, and many were killed. So they gathered together 

 and drove the armies of the blacks right away. But their 

 troubles were not ended. The Bushmen began to steal 

 their cattle, and when the Dutchmen gave chase, they 



