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I never saw a husband and wife walking to- 
gether at any Bootchuana or Morolong town. 
Once or twice Mateebe and Mahootoo, his Queen, 
were seen walking to worship, but at least twenty 
yards from each other. Even this displayed an 
appearance of greater affection than I had seen 
in any other couple. 
Should a cow calve in the open field, and es- 
pecially if the calf be allowed to remain two or 
three days before it be brought home, it is said 
the calf will never be perfectly tame, and will 
always be afraid of mankind. 
AGRICULTURE, &c. 
The natives have been always accustomed to 
sow in their fields Caffre corn, which is a species 
of millet, called by them Mabelay. They plant 
eench, or the sugar-cane, which is eaten in its 
natural state, being ignorant of the method of 
extracting sugar from it. All the tribes are fond 
of chewing the stalk, and regard its juice as the 
greatest delicacy they possess. Lenow, or kidney- 
beans, are grown by them; these are about 
half the size of the French bean, when ripe. 
They have a bean also, which, like the potatoe, 
produces its fruit under ground. LickcUana is a 
