Baboons know our names

Baboons know our names

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

<i>The name of a Bushman seems to be known to a Baboon, even when the latter beholds him for the first time. In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-24. 5927-5929). </i>

1) p.5926v: Dia!kwain heard this story from his father (Xaa-ttin), 2) See also

story

2 February 1876

Custom and daily life

Plants and animals

baboon ( knows our names )

baboon ( knows things )

baboon ( what it does when it sees a person )

baboon ( tells others about the person passing by )

baboon ( passing it on the hunting-ground )

baboon ( its nature and habits )

baboon ( calls a person's name )

name ( baboons know and call a person's )

name ( baboons know our names )

5927-5929