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THEIR CRUELTY. 
[1820. 
These people have a singular custom among 
them. The eldest son of a captam, while a lad, 
is hardly allowed to walk, but kept continually 
idling away his time in the hut, and compelled to 
drink milk frequently, in order to make him a 
strong man. He is not permitted to wait upon 
himself, but has the milk handed to him. When 
his father thinks he has arrived at manhood, he 
produces two kiris, (or short sticks with bullet 
heads ;) one of these he gives to his son, reserving 
the other for himself. With these the father and 
son often fight ; if the son happens to succeed in 
knocking the father to the ground, immediately 
on rising up he commends his son, and acknow- 
ledges him to be captain of the kraal in his 
room. 
Like the Bushmen the Corannas expose the 
aged to be devoured by wild beasts, alleging in 
defence of the cruel practice, that such people 
are of no use, and only consume food, which 
ought to fall to the share of others. 
They do nothing to obtain a living except 
milking their cows ; even their skin clothing they 
are not at the trouble to make, but purchase 
it, with cattle, from the Bootchuanas. They 
will not even travel up the country for ochre 
to paint their bodies, but procure it from the 
Griquas in exchange for their sheep and oxen. 
