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CONTINENT OF AFRICA. 
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The Bushmen over the whole country lay claim to 
all the honey in the mountains as their property. They 
mark the hives in the rocks, as farmers mark their 
sheep; and should they find, on their regular visits, 
that any hive has been robbed, they are sure to carry 
off the first cow or sheep they meet. They say that 
Corannas, Matchappees, and Morolongs have cows 
and sheep that live upon the grass of thi land ; that 
they have none, wherefore they have a right to the 
bees who live only on the flowers. Their right is not 
invaded, because all find it their interest to let the 
Bushmen obtain the honey, and then to purchase it 
from them. 
At sun-set, thirteen Corannas riding on oxen ar- 
rived, who made an odd appearance. They belong to 
a neighbouring kraal. After the laws lately made at 
Griqua-town had been read and explained to the peo- 
ple at Hardcastle, they were also read to the Corannas, 
who all consented to conform to them. Most of them 
expressed satisfaction that now they were to have 
rules, being convinced, from experience, of the incon- 
venience of living without law. 
A meeting-house of stone stands unfinished here, the 
same as at Griqua-town : the best house at Griqua- 
town is also in the same state, and so is the best 
house here. They are very defective in persever- 
ance ; but they have engaged soon to finish all these 
works. 
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