D2.3: Short Account of Further Bushman Material Collected: Third Report concerning Bushman researches, presented to both houses of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope, by command of His Excellency the Governor

D2.3: Short Account of Further Bushman Material Collected: Third Report concerning Bushman researches, presented to both houses of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope, by command of His Excellency the Governor

Publications and Reports

On May 8th, 1889, Lucy Lloyd submitted a third report on her and Bleek's 'Bushman researches' to the Cape Parliament, following Bleek's final 1875 (the year of his death) report. Between 1875 and 1889, Lloyd contributed 4,534 more half-pages to their archive. Lloyd's 1889 report exemplifies her 'standardised methodology' for accommodating the ǀxam and ǃkun texts, which often span restrictive categories, pointing readers to different parts of the same interview pertinent to various research fields while making the interrelatedness of the texts apparent, particularly with |xam. Lloyd bolstered the credibility of the natural scientific information in 'Specimens of Bushman folklore' by consulting Roland Trimen, Harry Bolus, and HW Oakley for several years, whose cooperation publicised the text's utility beyond the humanities. Trimen, Bolus, and Oakley's input appears in clarifying footnotes attempting to reify limited opportunities for certainty among nebulous customs and beliefs. Lloyd's meticulous cross-referencing system encourages intertextual readings alongside unabridged materials and instructor-given clarifying notes and visual aids-making the ontological worlds of various language corpora navigable across all iterations of the work.

Ink on paper

1889

An incomplete (starts on page 5) copy of Lucy Lloyd's 1889 report, inscribed 'Edith Charlotte Bleek', on foolscap sheets. The copy has handwritten annotations (marginalia) in black ink. It is soft-covered in 'stone' cardstock.

Report (Lucy Lloyd's), Edith Charlotte Bleek (inscribed to), Specimens of Bushman folklore (named in marginalia), The Mantis and His Friends (named in marginalia)

Pages 5 to 28 (excluding frontmatter) of LC Lloyd's 1889 report to the Cape Parliament. This incomplete copy has handwritten marginalia in pencil and black pen that seem to organise or earmark the material for some purpose. WHI Bleek died August 17th, 1875. Concerning this copy of the 1889 report's marginalia, 'Sp' is a likely contraction of 'Specimens...' and 'M' may stand for Dorothea Bleek's soon-to-be-published 'The mantis and his friends' (1923). If true, this marginalia might not be in Lucy Lloyd's hand. EC Bleek died in 1913, so her copy may have reverted to Lucy or passed to Dorothea at some indeterminable stage.