142 SOUTHERN AFRICA. 
this they manifestly differ from the Kaffirs, 
who avoid and shun the adoption of European 
costume which is forced upon them ; perti- 
naciously retaining their national, graceful, and 
well-arranged garb, viz, the kaross, or else the 
tinted blanket. 
These Korunnas, or, as they are at times 
styled, Koras, are, except when excited, mis- 
led, or urged to the contrary, a quiet, unas- 
suming race, who lead an erratic life, along the 
banks of the great Gariep or Orange Eiver. 
They dwell by tribes, which are very nume- 
rous, though they are, in themselves, small. 
Their mode of architecture is well explained, 
when we say the villages resemble clusters of 
gigantic beehives. These they cover with leaves, 
grass, and mats, and are thickly lined with 
rushes, and vermin of all kinds and sizes. 
Their food consists chiefly of roots, berries, 
curdled milk (supplied sparingly by their flocks) 
honey, and locusts. The honey they gather 
periodically, being cleverly guided to the wild 
bees' nests, by the little sparm or honey -bird ; 
while the locusts are killed during their flight 
in autumn, # and stored in large quantities. 
* Fqt a more lengthened account of the sparm, and its wonder- 
ful powers of instinct, in guiding the Hottentots to the wild bees' nests ; 
together with the migratory locusts, and their periodical nights through 
Africa, &c, the reader is referred to a small work by the Author, en- 
titled " Kaffraria and its Inhabitants," lately published by Messrs. 
Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London. 
