[1] The little Fox, in Nama the ǃKamap, a small kind of Jackal, who is a swift runner. The Jackal’s name is ǀGirip. (The ǀ is the dental and the ǃ the cerebral click; vide Notes to Fables 23 and 27, pp. 47, 62.) [↑]
[2] “When the Hyena first starts, it appears to be lame on the hind legs, or gone in the loins, as one would say of a horse.”—L. Layard. [↑]
II.
TORTOISE FABLES.
THE SPRINGBOK (GAZELLE).
Woe is me! He is one who goes
Where his mother would not let him!
Who rolls off (the rocks),