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her attendants are called Ganna. When the 
Bushmen dance, Ko sometimes comes and in- 
forms them where game is to be procured ; and 
when any animals are killed, certain parts of 
them must only be eaten by particular persons. 
She is a large, white figure, and sheds such a 
brightness around, that they can hardly see the 
fire for it ; all see and hear her as she dances with 
them. Being asked if he had actually seen her 
himself— with some hesitation, he said he had 
seen her, and she spoke the Bushman language. 
Probably, when a boy, they had imposed upon 
him, and made him believe this. They cannot, 
he added, feel what she is ; but should a man be 
permitted to touch her, which seldom happens, 
she breathes hard upon his arm, and this makes 
him shoot better. She eats nothing but bulbous 
roots. After Ko comes up from the ground, and 
dances a short time with them, she disappears, 
and is succeeded by her nymphs, who likewise 
dance a while with them. 
At this stage of the narrative, Makoon re- 
marked, that " these were old stories of the 
Bushmen, about which he cared little adding, 
" that he wished to see and hear no more con- 
cerning them, but only to be taught the know- 
ledge of the true God." 
On asking him whether Bushmen thought of 
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