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which they hurl with effect to the distance of thirty 
or forty yards. In battle they usually break off the 
Wooden shaft of the spear, and with the aid of a 
shield made of dried ox-hides, come to close quar- 
ters with the iron part only in their hand. Tlie 
kerie is nothing but a small stick with a round knob 
at the end, with which they frequently kUl the pigmy 
antelope, hares, and the smaller animals. The men 
in summer go naked. Their usual ornaments consist 
of rings of ivory on the arm, a brush of hair attached 
to the head, and frequently a cow’s tail tied to the 
knee ; and when they go to w'ar, they bind on the 
head, by a fillet of skin, the two w'ings of the Numi- 
dian Crane. The women wear' long cloaks of skin, 
made soft and pliant with great pains, and gaily 
studded with metal buttons. The Caffre chiefs also 
wear cloaks made of the skins of animals, and gene- 
rally prefer those of the leopard and tiger cat. The 
children always go naked, and have no decorations 
except a tuft of hair from the spring-bok, with which 
their heads ai’e frequently ornamented.”. 
In India we have another race of oxen which has 
been also refen’ed to the same stock as our domestic 
breed, chiefly from the correspondence of the skele* 
ton, and the similar flat form of the skull. 
