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the source of a colonial tea, viz., '* rooibosch-tea,'' and the Anacampseros 
is another example of mimicry-plant, of which eight species were de- 
scribed in previous papers. 
"Note on the Language of Bushmen Tribes North of the Orange 
Eiver," by Miss D. L. Bleek. 
All words and sentences taken down from Bushmen south of the 
Orange Eiver show that they spoke one language, with dialectical 
variations. North of the Orange Eiver, however, in the Langeberg and 
adjoining Southern Kalahari, we find a different language, that of II n 
Bushmen, closely allied to that of I Xam Bushmen (those south of 
the river) ; the difference in the vocabulary and still more in the 
grammar of these two tribes is too great to be called a mere dialectical 
variation. In the Northern Kalahari the so-called Basarwa are found, 
people living exactly as Bushmen do, though said to be mixed in type. 
The South African Museum has a series of gramophone records taken 
from pure Basarwa, in the heart of the Kalahari region, which the author 
has transcribed, and which, in spite of the instrument not having recorded 
clicks, clearly gave valuable evidence that the language belongs to the 
Bushman family. For Bushmen distinguish between words of apparent 
identical sound, by the tone in which they are spoken, sometimes speaking 
quite low and roughly in their throats, sometimes on a high note ; again, 
some words have a rising, others a falling accent. Occasionally one word 
is spoken with a musical intonation, sung as it were in the middle of a 
spoken sentence. All these peculiarities the gramophone reproduces, 
showing the likeness of Basarwa, in this feature at least, to the I Xam 
and II n tongues. 
" Note on the Eesult of Investigation of a Strand Looper Eock- 
shelter, with Exhibition of the Objects found," by L. Peringuey. 
The cave which it was decided to excavate is, properly speaking, a 
rock-shelter, filled with an accumulation of kitchen refuge, blown sand, &c. 
The excavation was carried through a depth of nearly 14 feet of this 
material, when it was found necessary to stop, owing to the dampness of 
the detritus. The cave was originally discovered by Mr. C. J. Whitcher, 
who carried on some excavation first, and very kindly allowed the Museum 
to proceed with further exploration w^ork. This cave proves to have been 
a necropolis ; a considerable number of skeletons having been found at 
different depths. In the pelvic bone of a young child (female) was found 
embedded a small stone chip, part of the point of an arrow, probably 
poisoned. Most of the skeletons are in a greatly advanced stage of decay. 
Some are plainly Strand Loopers, but others were found which are not 
Strand Loopers ; they are of greater and more robust stature, and would 
appear to be half-bred, or perhaps Kaffirs, yet the mode of burial is the 
same, but the skulls of this " larger race " are not entire, nor could all the 
