Baboons take a child

Baboons take a child

Wilhelm Bleek notebooks

a!kunta (Stoffel) (I)

The story of the Hottentot boy carried off by Baboons, as told by Sir J. Alexander, translated by la!kúnta. (B I. 171-177.) <i>Baboons steal a Koranna boy-child and take him to their place where he becomes wild. Some |xam see the child and tell the Koranna about it. The child is fetched and taken back to his kraal.</i>

1) This story is found in Book I

story

1871

Plants and animals

History (personal)

Koranna ( baboons take one of their children )

Koranna ( and baboons )

Koranna ( are told by the Bushmen about their child )

Koranna ( their kraal )

Koranna ( their child )

Koranna ( 'Hottentot boy carried off by Baboons' )

child ( Koranna )

child ( baboons raise a Koranna )

child ( is taken by baboons )

child ( 'Hottentot boy carried off by Baboons' )

baboons ( take a Koranna child )

baboons ( steal a Koranna child )

baboons ( raise a Koranna child )

baboons ( 'Hottentot boy carried off by Baboons' )

171-177