Porcupine hunting

Porcupine hunting

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>A description of porcupine hunting, in which the moonlight is of service, follows </i>

1) Date on p.6591: 7 April, 2) This story was translated by Dorothea Bleek in 1914, 3) p.6582v: the name of the Milky Way; a bush used by Bastaards to make soup, 4) p.6590v: a root eaten by porcupines but not by people; the best parts of the porcupine's meat are not given to women to eat, 5) pp.6590v-6594v: see

story

April 1878

Custom and daily life

porcupine ( hunting )

porcupine ( the burning of its quill )

porcupine ( hunters fear its quills )

porcupine ( hunters beat it to death )

porcupine ( 'gives its back' )

porcupine ( intends to prick with its quills )

porcupine ( its nature and habits )

porcupine ( its 'tail's rattles' )

porcupine ( is feared )

porcupine ( and the moonlight )

porcupine ( its quills )

porcupine ( comes at night )

porcupine ( its hole )

porcupine ( male and female )

hunting ( of porcupine )

hunting ( methods )

hunting ( and waiting for the porcupine )

hunting ( at night )

hunting ( in the moonlight )

Moon ( and hunting porcupine )

Moon ( hunting porcupine in the moonlight )

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