[1] “We are now angry with the Hare,” say the old Namaqua, “because he brought such a bad message, and therefore we dislike to eat his flesh.”—Knudsen. [↑]
[2] Old Namaquas will not therefore touch Hare’s flesh; but the young men may partake of it; that is, before the ceremony of making them men is performed, which merely consists in slaughtering and eating an ox or a couple of sheep.—Alexander. [↑]
[3] Ohlangeni. Vide Colenso’s “Zulu-English Dictionary,” p. 179. [↑]
VII.
HEITSI EIBIP AND OTHER LEGENDS.
36. HEITSI EIBIP.
(From a German original Manuscript in Sir G. Grey’s Library, H. C. Knudsen’s “Notes on the Hottentots,” p. 7.)
Heitsi Eibip, or Kabip, was a great and celebrated sorcerer among the Namaqua. He could tell secret things, and prophesy what was to happen afterwards.