The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide . ccur, but perhaps not more frequently than amongst Europeancommunities. The amount of cattle given for a wife ranges,according to her station inlife, from six to fifty head—the usual number is aboutfifteen. As a natural con-comitant of barbarism (goodnatured and bloodless thoughit is) there is much superstitionextant. The Natal Zulubelieves in witchcraft, pro-phesy, love philtres, and suchlike. He is firmly fixed inhis mind that the witchdoctors and sangomas (femalediviners) have power to bringrain, to trace spells of wi
The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide . ccur, but perhaps not more frequently than amongst Europeancommunities. The amount of cattle given for a wife ranges,according to her station inlife, from six to fifty head—the usual number is aboutfifteen. As a natural con-comitant of barbarism (goodnatured and bloodless thoughit is) there is much superstitionextant. The Natal Zulubelieves in witchcraft, pro-phesy, love philtres, and suchlike. He is firmly fixed inhis mind that the witchdoctors and sangomas (femalediviners) have power to bringrain, to trace spells of witch-craft, to heal by incantation,and to perform sundry otherwonders and miracles. In hismythology he has as curiousa collection of spirits as everhad the old English, Irish andScotch. The inswelaboya(hairless one) is of these, andno end of mischief and terror are caused by his supposed mahlosi, or guardian spirits of the dead, are supposedto enter the bodies of green mambas (a kind of snake).• These reptiles take refuge in the w;eed-grown fences of the. MiddMirotik NATIVE FROM SOUTHERN DISTRICT. kraals or villages, and are regarded as sacred. Now andagain sacrifices of flesh are offered to the reputed harvest times, the natives have a feast of first fruits,when numbers of maidens, decked with flowers, cast offerings into the to the Inkosizana(chicftainess). Thiscustom bears someanalogy to the ancientfestival in connectionwith Ceres. Manyother instances of theirsuperstition might begiven, but enough hasbeen outlined to indicatethe interest of thesubject. The nativesdwell in bee-hive huts,which are built incircles, the centralportion of each kraal orvillage being occupiedb} their cattle. Theyare not great asworkers of metal, butshow an instinctivetalent for wood andbone carving, mat making, tanning and pottery. Some oftheir necessary household utensils display considerable artisticmerit. They make good soldiers and policemen, hav
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