Notes on South African Hunting. 83 
The ways of the Bushman. 
and great severity in cases of crime. I saw a 
man punished one day for stealing some salt. 
He was brought to the scene of his operations, 
and told to strip and lie on his face on the 
ground. This he did most meekly, and then 
the fun began. Two big natives with long very 
tough switches, gave him a cut or two as if to 
make all compact and comfortable,” and then 
stripped themselves, and got down to their 
work, while the surrounding crowd laughed at 
the unfortunate thief. Those whippers were 
artists. They knew to a turn where to hit, and how 
to hit, and they did it. In about five minutes a 
man got up with a smile, and walked off, looking 
as though someone had been throwing red paint 
at him through a sieve. 
We had ample opportunities of observing 
the habits of the bushmen during our stay. We 
found a bushman spent his day as follows : 
When the morning star rises, he gets up and 
howls, and makes the baby howl too ; as soon 
as it gets warm he goes out with an ancient 
blunderbuss on full cock, to look for roots and 
berries. This he does all day, and about sun- 
