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South Africa, P. L. Simmonds, in his book on “ Animal Pro¬ 
ducts,” sa}^s: 
“ This people delight in horned cattle of the bovine 
species “ the natives are great milk drinkers “ these bar¬ 
barous people suck the blood from the jugular vein of the 
living bullock,” and also “churn together blood and milk for 
a drink.” 
Professor Low, in his “ History of the Ox,” tells us : “ In 
the vast regions of Southern Africa, peopled by tribes of war¬ 
riors and herdsmen, cattle abound and multiply, and form the 
wealth of little communities. The Hottentots, while yet they 
had a country they could call their own, were rich in this kind 
of possession.” 
In Hirsch’s book on the “ Geographical Distribution of 
Phthisis,” we find the following: “ In Cape Colony phthisis 
is oftenest met with among the Hottentots inhabiting the 
plains near the coast.” 
In proof of the fact that these African cattle are inbred, 
we have the writings of Anderson, quoted by Darwin, as 
follows: 
“The Damaras take great delight in having whole droves 
of cattle of the same color, and take great pride in their oxen 
in proportion to the size of their horns. The Namaquashave 
a perfect mania for a uniform team, and almost all the people 
of southern Africa value their cattle next to their women, and 
take great pride in possessing animals that look high-bred.” 
Darwin, from whose “ Animals and Plants under Domestica¬ 
tion ” we take this quotation, adds in his own words: “ As 
numerous breeds are generally found only in long-civilized 
countries, it may be well to show that in some countries in¬ 
habited by barbarous races, who are frequently at war with 
each other, and therefore have little free communication, sev¬ 
eral distinct breeds of cattle now exist, or formerly existed, 
at the Cape of Good Hope. Lignat observed, in 1720, three 
kinds ; at the present day (1868) various travelers have noticed 
the difference of the breeds in southern Africa. Sir Andrew 
Smith several years ago remarked to me that the cattle pos¬ 
sessed by the different tribes of Kaffirs, though living near 
