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bridegroom are always contented with the 
choice he has made, but thofe of the bride 
infpeft into matters a little more narrowly. 
They, however, feldom ftart many difficul- 
ties ; they drink, dance, and make merry foi- 
whole weeks, according to the riches of the 
two families : but thefe feftivals never take 
place, except when one marries for the firfl: 
time; in other cafes every thing is tranfadted 
in private. The GafFres are no better ac- 
quainted with mufic, and have no other in- 
ftruments than the Hottentots, except that I 
faw amongfl: them a wretched flute fcarcely 
worth being mentioned. They ufe the Eng- 
lifh ftep in their dances, but in other refpeds 
they are almoft the fame. 
On the death of a father the male children 
and the mother (hare the fucceffion between 
them. The girls receive np part of it, and 
they remain with their mother until they can 
procure a hufl>and. If they marry while their 
parents are alive, they receive nothing elfe 
for a dowry but a few cattle, in proportiou 
to the riches of either. 
In general they do not inter their dead ; 
they are tranfported from the kraal by the 
family, and depofited in a ditch which is open 
and 
