On the 'Children of shortness' (the 'Grass Bushmen')

On the 'Children of shortness' (the 'Grass Bushmen')

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>The Grass Bushmen. (L V VIII.-22. 7968 rev. and 7969 re., 7976 and 7977, 7980 and 7981, 7980 rev. and 7081 rev.)</i>. A description of the Grass Bushmen and the names of places in their country. |han≠kass'o saw them at a place called 'Bushlice' and at another place there called |koro-tten.

1) See also <i>The |goo or ≠gebbi-gu, 2</i>) p.7980: the |xam name for the tiger moth, or larva of the genus <i>Aloa</i>, 3) p.7980v: names of places in the country of the `Grass Bushmen', 4) This story is found in Book VIII-22

story

13 November 1878

Custom and daily life

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