<i>An account of the doings of a family of lions (apparently a continuation of one of the Ichneumon's speeches, in the myth of the Mantis) gives a good deal of conversation of such a description as might naturally be ascribed by Bushmen to lions (L II-10. 1051-1099, 11. 1100-1170). </i>
Comments
1) p.1054v: animals eaten by the lion, 2) p.1058v: the lion and its movements according to the position of the sun, 3) p.1060v: a diagram, showing where the lion waits (near the man's house) for the sun to set and the fires to go out, 4) p.1063v: people throw embers at the lion using a disk of ostrich heart bone, 5) p.1075v: |xam names and terms for lookouts for hunting game, 6) p.1077v: |xam and Dutch names for dense green bushes found in Bushmanland, 7) See also
Type
story
Date
10 January 1872 (started on or about)
Category
Plants and animals
Custom and daily life
Keyword
lion ( its nature and habits )
lion ( eats all things )
lion ( its diet )
lion ( its hunting methods )
lion ( eats people )
lion ( steals up on people )
lion ( is cunning )
lion ( methods of chasing away )
lion ( chasing with heated embers )
lion ( Ichneumon's speech about )
plants ( names of )
plants ( sai bush )
plants ( !kwai bush )
river ( the Har )
|xam ( and lions )
hunting ( methods of lions which eat all things )
names ( of plants )
names ( of a river )
names ( of food eaten by lions )
Ichneumon ( his speech about lions which eat all things )
speech ( Ichneumon's, about lions which eat all things )
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