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CAFFRARIA. 
piece of iron from the anchor, happened to die that same 
evening. The Caffres supposing that his death Mas occa- 
sioned by something which proceeded from the anchor, 
not one of them has ventured to touch it ever since, but 
every one makes his obeisance to it as he passes. They 
are very superstitious. Should a person belonging to a 
Kraal be killed by lightning, none of the other Kraals will 
associate with that one, accounting them an abomination. 
Sometimes, in order to catch game, they make an en- 
closure with one entrance, over which they place a large 
bow, as an arch, with the string extended on a catch. The 
creature entering, and treading on a certain stick laid in his 
way, the string comes with violence from off the catch, and 
suspends him in the air. 
When the wolf is troublesome, they suspend a piece of 
flesh on a bough, and place an assagay or spear in the 
ground, that the wolf when leaping to catch the flesh may 
lali upon it. 
CHAP. II. 
TRADITIONS— AMUSEMENTS— PUNISHMENTS, &c. 
THE CafFres have a tradition among them, that when 
some particular Chief dies, they should drive an ox over liis 
grave, and split his horns, and that afterwards this ox should 
be sacred, and die of old age. On his death his bones 
must be burned to ashes, and saluted in a solemn manner. 
I could not learn what result was expected from these 
formalities. 
They have likewise a tradition, that their oxen originally 
came out of a hole in the Tambookie country, to which 
the Caffres continue annually to pay a tribute of gratitude 
for this blessing. 
Their chief amusement is dancing; the men on one part, 
the women on the other— *the former spring up and down, 
the latter only make motions with their heads. While 
dancing ihey bawl aloud in a disgusting manner. They like- 
wise use instruments of music. One is a bow with a piece 
