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thing to do with the disposal of the flesh ; but the husband, 
in his turn, has a similar privilege. In the first ease, 
only women partake; in the latter, only men. The in- 
stance is rare, when men and women eat of the same 
cow or ox. 
It is the entire work of the women to erect their habi- 
tations and to manufacture the rush mats with which the 
roofs are covered. The men construct the kraals, or in- 
closures for containing the cattle during the night; they 
also hunt, and make skin cloaks for the women as well as 
for themselves. 
They have no rite of circumcision, like the Bootchuana 
and Morolong nations ; but when a boy enters upon a 
state of manhood, a feast called Dorro is made according 
to the circumstances of the father. Sometimes eight or 
ten oxen are slain upon such an occasion. 
Previous to the birth of a child, an ox is killed en- 
tirely for the use of its mother, who, with the sinews of 
the animal, makes rings to wear as ornaments on her 
arms and legs, but she has only the common fare after 
the child is born. When a woman is about to be con- 
fined, every article is removed from the house, and she is 
placed upon the bare ground ; afterwards every thing is 
brought back to the house. 
When a child recovers from a dangerous illness, a 
trench is dug in the ground, across the middle of which 
an arch is thrown, and an ox made to stand upon it ; 
the child is then dragged under the arch. After this 
ceremony the animal is killed, and eaten by married 
people who have children, none else being permitted to 
participate of the feast. 
When a person is ill, they bring an ox to the place 
where he is laid. Two cuts are then made in one of its 
legs, extending down the whole length of it. The skin 
in the middle of the leg being raised up, the operator 
thrusts in his hand, to make way for that of the sick 
person, whose whole body is afterwards rubbed over 
