[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. [↑]

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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),