CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER REGARDING THE KAFFIRS

1

THE STORY OF THE BIRD THAT MADE MILK

29

THE STORY OF FIVE HEADS

48

THE STORY OF TANGALIMLIBO

56

THE STORY OF A GIRL WHO DISREGARDED THE CUSTOM OF NTONJANE

67

THE STORY OF SIMBUKUMBUKWANA

72

THE STORY OF SIKULUME

78

THE STORY OF HLAKANYANA

89

THE STORY OF DEMANE AND DEMAZANA

118

THE STORY OF THE RUNAWAY CHILDREN; OR, THE WONDERFUL FEATHER

122

THE STORY OF IRONSIDE AND HIS SISTER

127

THE STORY OF THE CANNIBALS WONDERFUL BIRD

133

THE STORY OF THE CANNIBAL MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN

137

THE STORY OF THE GIRL AND THE MBULU

144

THE STORY OF MBULUKAZI

148

THE STORY OF LONG SNAKE

155

THE STORY OF KENKEBE

158

THE STORY OF THE WONDERFUL HORNS

169

THE STORY OF THE GLUTTON

172

THE STORY OF THE GREAT CHIEF OF THE ANIMALS

176

THE STORY OF THE HARE

179

THE STORY OF LION AND LITTLE JACKAL

186

PROVERBS AND FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONS

191

NOTES

207