Leopard hunting: the fatal adventure of !kwai-!kwa and his companion, and advice about leopard-hunting

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Title

Leopard hunting: the fatal adventure of !kwai-!kwa and his companion, and advice about leopard-hunting

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

Summary

A man called Gemsbok Leg, or !kwai-!kwa, goes hunting with a companion and they pursue a leopard that seems to disappear, but it has deceived them and is lying in wait. It kills !kwai-!kwa before he can warn his companion, who is also attacked.

Comments

1) p.5418v: Dia!kwain describes how Gemsbok Leg (!kwai-!kwa) got his name; Dia!kwain heard this story from his mother (≠kamme-an), 2) p.5442v: how the leopard attacks a person, 3) This story is found in Book V-18

Type

story

Date

25 November 1875 (started)

Category

Custom and daily life

History (personal)

Story Pages

5419-5444

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