Copyright, 1910, by
THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY
Published, November, 1910
THE TROW PRESS, NEW YORK

AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
TO
C. F. H. and F. I. G.

CONTENTS

PAGE
Introduction[1]
Origin of the Difference in Modes of
Life Between Hottentots and Bushmen		[8]
The Lost Message[10]
The Monkey's Fiddle[14]
The Tiger, the Ram, and the Jackal[19]
The Jackal and the Wolf[22]
A Jackal and a Wolf[24]
The Lion, the Jackal, and the Man[25]
The World's Reward[28]
The Lion and the Jackal[33]
Tink-tinkje[42]
The Lion and Jackal[45]
The Lion and Jackal[48]
The Hunt of Lion and Jackal[53]
The Story of Lion and Little Jackal[56]
The Lioness and the Ostrich[62]
Crocodile's Treason[64]
The Story of a Dam[73]
The Dance for Water or Rabbits'
Triumph		[79]
Jackal and Monkey[84]
Lion's Share[87]
Jackal's Bride[92]
The Story of Hare[94]
The White Man and Snake[101]
Another Version of the Same Fable[103]
Cloud Eating[105]
Lion's Illness[107]
Jackal, Dove, and Heron[109]
Cock and Jackal[111]
Elephant and Tortoise[112]
Another Version of the Same Fable[115]
Tortoise Hunting Ostriches[117]
The Judgment of Baboon[118]
Lion and Baboon[121]
The Zebra Stallion[122]
When Lion Could Fly[124]
Lion Who Thought Himself Wiser Than
His Mother		[126]
Lion Who Took a Woman's Shape[129]
Why Has Jackal a Long Black Stripe
on His Back?		[137]
Horse Cursed by Sun[138]
Lion's Defeat[139]
The Origin of Death[141]
Another Version of the Same Fable[143]
A Third Version of the Same Fable[144]
A Fourth Version of the Same Fable[146]
A Zulu Version of the Legend of the
"Origin of Death"		[147]
Literature on South-African Folk-Lore[148]