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'Seven, Zinnone. 
Eight, Zintoamnayene. 
Nine, Tuamnumye. 
Ten, Leeshung. 
Eleven, Leefang-gay-ye. 
Twelve, Leefangbeenie. 
Twenty, Amashoomomabeenie. 
Thirty, Amashoomomatate'. 
Forty, Amashoomomazeene. 
A Hundred, Ecoloo. 
The KafFers differ also very materially from all the neigh- 
bouring nations in their manner of disposing of the dead. 
Funeral rites are bestowed only on the bodies of their chiefs, 
and of their children. The first are generally interred very 
deep in the dung of their own cattle accumulated in the 
kraals or places where they are pent up at nights ; and the 
bodies of infants are most commonly deposited in the ant- 
hills that have been excavated by the myrmecophagae or 
ant-eaters. The common people are exposed to be devoured 
by wolves. As these animals drag them away immediately 
into their dens, the relations of the deceased are in no danger 
of being shocked or disgusted with the sight of the mangled 
carcase. A Kaffer, in consideration of this piece of service, 
holds the life of a wolf to be sacred, at .least, he never 
endeavours to destroy it ; the consequence of which is, that 
the country swarms with this voracious and destructive 
animal. Some ingenious author has observed, that the 
custom of burning the dead was universal, till the practice, 
■which had been adopted as the most prudent and conve- 
