lways blistered on exposure to
the sun, as the skin is more tender than that of the blacks. The Kuruman
woman lived some time at Kolobeng, and generally had on her bosom and
shoulders the remains of large blisters. She was most anxious to be
made black, but nitrate of silver, taken internally, did not produce its
usual effect. During the time I resided at Mabotsa, a woman came to the
station with a fine boy, an Albino. The father had ordered her to
throw him away, but she clung to her offspring for many years. He was
remarkably intelligent for his age. The pupil of the eye was of a pink
color, and the eye itself was unsteady in vision. The hair, or
rather wool, was yellow, and the features were those common among the
Bechuanas. After I left the place the mother is said to have become
tired of living apart from the father, who refused to have her while she
retained the son. She took him out one day, and killed him close to the
village of Mabotsa, and nothing was done to her by the authorities. From
having met with no Albinos in Londa, I suspect they are there also put
to death. We saw one dwarf only in Londa, and brands on him showed he
had once been a slave; and there is one dwarf woman at Linyanti. The
general absence of deformed persons is partly owing to their destruction
in infancy, and partly to the mode of life being a natural one, so far
as ventilation and food are concerned. They use but few unwholesome
mixtures as condiments, and, though their undress exposes them to the
vicissitudes of the temperature, it does not harbor vomites. It was
observed that, when smallpox and measles visited the country, they were
most severe on the half-castes who were clothed. In several tribes, a
child which is said to "tlola", transgress, is put to death. "Tlolo", or
transgression, is ascribed to several curious cases. A child who cut
the upper front teeth before the under was always put to death among the
Bakaa, and, I believe, also among the Bakwains. In some tribes, a case
of twins renders one of them liable to death; and an ox, which, while
lying in the pen, beats the ground with its tail, is treated in the same
way. It is thought to be calling death to visit the tribe. When I was
coming through Londa, my men carried a great number of fowls, of a
larger breed than any they had at home. If one crowed before midnight,
it had been guilty of "tlolo", and was killed. The men often carried
them sitting on their guns, and, if one bega