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deed fbmetimes obferved a plume of feathers 
ifixed in their hair ; but this whimfical orna- 
ment is very uncommon. 
The precautions taken by the CafFre wo- 
men when they bring forth children, and in 
their periodical indifpofitions, are abfolutely 
the fame as thofe obferved by the Gonaqua 
or Hottentot women. 
Their d.aily occupations are confined to 
the fabrication of earthen-ware, which they 
form w^ith as much ingenuity as their huf- 
bands. Thofe which I had with me in my 
camp, having found clay fit for their pur* 
pofe, did not lofe this opportunity of making 
pipkins, and other veflels which are in ufe 
amongfl them. At their departure they 
carried with them a fufEcient provifion of 
this earth, with which they loaded their 
oxen. It is the women alfo, as I have al- 
ready faid, who weave their balkets : thejr 
like wife prepare the fields for receiving feed; 
but they rather fcratch it up with wooden 
J>ickaxes than till it. 
The Caffre huts, more fpacious and higher 
than thofe of the Hottentots, have alfo a 
more regular form ; it is abfolutely that of a 
perfed hemifphere. The frames of them 
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