“ TLOLO.” «t>5 
the station with a fine boy, an albino. The father had 
ordered her to throw him away; but she clung to hei 
offspring for many years. He was remarkably intelligent 
for his ago. The pupil of the eye was of a pink eoloi, and 
tho eye itself was unsteady in vision. The hair, or rather 
Wool, was yellow, and tho features wore those common 
among tho Bcchuanas. After I left tho place, tho mother 
is said to havo becomo tirod of living apart from tho father, 
who refused to have her while sho retained tho son. She 
took him out one day and killed him close to tho villago of 
Mabotsa, and nothing was done to her by tho authorities, 
from having met with no albinos in Londa, 1 suspect thoy 
ai '° there also put to death. Wo saw one dwarf only in 
Londa, and brands on him showed ho had once been a 
siavo ; and there is ono dwarf woman at Linyanti. Tho 
general absonco of deformed persons is partly owing to 
their destruction in infancy, and partly to the mode of lifo 
being a natural ono so far as ventilation and food aro con- 
cerned. They use but fow unwholesome mixtures as con- 
dirnonts, and, though their undress exposes them to tho 
vicissitudes of tho temperature, it does not harbor vomitos. 
It was observed that, when smallpox and measles visited 
the country, they wero most severe on tho half-castes who 
wero clothed. In sovoral tribes, a child which is said to 
‘ tlola” (transgress) is put to death. “Tlolo,” or trans- 
gression, is ascribed to several curious casos. A child who 
cut tho uppor front teeth beforo the under was always put 
to death among tho Bakaa, and, I bolieve, also among tho 
Balcwains. In somo tribes, a case of twins rendors ono of 
them liable to death; and an ox which, while lying in tho 
1)011 ’ beats tho ground with its tail, is treated in tho same 
Wa y- It is thought to bo calling death to visit tho tribe. 
When I was coming through Londa, my men carried a 
great number of fowls, of a larger breed than any they 
ad at homo. If ono crowed beforo midnight, it had boon 
guilty of “tlolo,’’ and was killed. Tho men often carried 
•hem sitting on their guns, and, if ono began to crow in a 
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