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or crown, into which they work their hair, 
standing erect on the head, to the height of 
about six inches. 
These noble looking fellows do not require 
any appendages to shew off their fine muscu- 
lar figures, although it cannot be said that they 
are not becoming to them. In their move- 
ments they are so graceful, agile, and easy that 
these ornaments do not appear as an encum- 
brance, but, as they are intended, an adorn- 
ment. 
In their hands they usually carry a bundle 
of seven assegais, and one or two thin herding 
rods : the former of these being their only war- 
like weapons, while the latter are used for driv- 
ing their cattle. They also carry with them a 
u knob-kerrie" this is a stick about four feet 
in length, and an inch in diameter, terminated 
at one end by a knob or round ball. These are 
sometimes scooped out and the hole is filled with 
lead. They are usually formed from the young 
trees of the wild Kaffrarian olive, f Olea berru- 
cosa, or 0. FerrugineaJ from the root of which 
they form the knob. They likewise use for 
this purpose the assegai wood, f Curtisia Fer- 
rugineaJ and the Kaffrarian pear fPyrus Afri- 
canaj. 
These weapons they employ for killing game 
or reptiles. Holding the thin end of the stick in 
