BOOTCHUANA WORDS. 
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breeding more thieves, and children, to prevent 
them from becoming thieves like their parents. 
When a Bootshuana meets a person on the 
road, his first inquiry is, " What news ? " or 
" Tell me your news." After he has told all he 
knows, the first proceeds to relate the intelligence 
he has to communicate ; and though one of them 
should inform the other that he is acquainted with 
the whole matter about to be detailed, the nar- 
rator will not desist, but continue his relation to 
the end. 
When they speak of a strong or bold man, they 
compare him to a lion; or if they wish to describe 
a greedy or voracious man, they say he is a wolf. 
BOOTCHUANA WORDS USED AS NAMES. 
Duy, A salamander. 
Mahoora, Fat. 
MaMla, Poor. 
Checka, A war-axe. The name of 
brother-in-law to Mateebe. 
Hanna Kooma, No cattle. 
Maklanka, A servant. 
