Broken or powdered tea-leaves mixed with the blood of the sheep or ox, and formed into cakes. Other fragrant leaves are sometimes added.
[Note 37] p. 165.—The Bear rearing her cubs.
I have been unable to find any corroboration of this story as to the she-bear employing her children of a former year as nurses.
THE STEPPES OF INNER AFRICA.
See—
Selous, F. C. Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa (1893).
Solymos, B. (B. E. Falkenberg). Desert Life: Recollections of an Expedition in the Soudan. London, 1880.
Foà, E. Mes grandes Chasses dans l’Afrique Centrale. Paris, 1895.
Lichtenstein, M. H. K. Reise im Südlichen Africa. Berlin, 1812.
G. Schweinfurth. The Heart of Africa.