The doings of a family of lions

The doings of a family of lions

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

kabbo (Jantje) (II)

<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>

1) This notebook is described in the contents page as being largely concerned with 'Natural History', 2) p.1087v: notes and a diagram depicting the hunting strategy of male and female lions in pursuit of quagga, 3) p.1097v: the male lion talks, but the female lion thinks and does not talk, 4) p.1103v: the |xam terms for dragging and carrying things, 5) p.1105v: different types of trees, 6) p.1113v: ||kabbo explains that lions drink water to mix with the dry bones and flesh to make them cool, 7) p.1142v: Lloyd writes that she has been wrong ('confounded') in her translations of |xam words that she has mixed up ('to lie' and 'to seek'), 8) p.1151v: pronunciation of the |xam term for 'eat', which is made in the throat so as to produce a sound that frightens away with the mouth, 9) See also

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16 January (started on or about) - April 1872

Plants and animals

lion ( its nature and habits )

lion ( the doings of a family of lions )

lion ( its hunting methods )

lion ( its diet )

lion ( its 'thinking strings' )

lion ( 'understands' )

lion ( and vultures )

lion ( is great )

lion ( its 'thoughts talk' )

lion ( Ichneumon's speech about )

gemsbok ( and doings of a family of lions )

gemsbok ( its odour when dead )

gemsbok ( is hunted by lions )

gemsbok ( its nature and habits )

gemsbok ( and Har River )

gemsbok ( and vultures )

places ( Kleine Brinkkop )

places ( Har River )

hunting ( methods of lions )

quagga ( the doings of a family of lions )

quagga ( hunted by lions )

springbok ( and doings of a family of lions )

springbok ( hunted by lions )

vultures ( and hunting habits of a family of lions )

jackal ( its nature and habits )

jackal ( and doings of a family of lions )

jackal ( takes lion's food )

kudu ( and doings of a family of lions )

kudu ( hunted by lions )

thoughts ( the lion's 'talk' )

Ichneumon ( speech about lions )

speech ( Ichneumon's about lions )

names ( of places )

names ( Kleine Brinkkop )

names ( Har River )

1086-1099, 1100-1170