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quainted with a liquor which the Bushmen make 
from honey, they never imitate it. 
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The cloaks of the Matchappees consist- — 
1 . Of cat-skins, called tzeepa, which are most 
valued by strangers, but not esteemed by them- 
selves more than the skins of other animals. 
2. Of dark-coloured jackal's skin, called cooboo 
pookoojay. 
3. Of red jackal's skin, called cooboo klooss. 
4. Of ox or cow skin, called cooboo, or komo, 
or the beast-cloak, which is made soft by scrap- 
ing, rubbing, &c. 
5. Of lion's skin, retaining the hair, called 
cooboo a tou. 
6. Of knoo's skin, called kokong. 
7. Of hartebeast-skin, from which the hair is 
scraped ; this is only worn in warm weather, 
called kamma. 
They also have cloaks of the tiger, leopard, 
and red cat skins, and a few made of sheep- 
skins. 
These cloaks are constantly worn by both 
sexes. The men wear a small covering before 
them, which is fastened by a belt tied round the 
middle. The women wear a skin apron before 
