. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . s crops meant a severe hiding for the boy or boysresponsible. There was, of course, no such thing as ploughing in the old days, only hoeingand such was invariably done by women. The homes of the people are known as imizi or kraals, and these consist of asmany huts as there are wives, with additional ones for young men and for storing grain, huts are built round the cattle enclosure (the principal one being on the upper side), thereasons for this probably being because, in former days, cattle were liable to be attacked bywild
. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . s crops meant a severe hiding for the boy or boysresponsible. There was, of course, no such thing as ploughing in the old days, only hoeingand such was invariably done by women. The homes of the people are known as imizi or kraals, and these consist of asmany huts as there are wives, with additional ones for young men and for storing grain, huts are built round the cattle enclosure (the principal one being on the upper side), thereasons for this probably being because, in former days, cattle were liable to be attacked bywild animals, or to be driven off during the night by the enemy. Where possible, a fence ofwood or stone was built right round the whole homestead so as to afford additional protection. The cutting of wattles and poles for the huts and cattle kraal, as well as the constructionof the huts and kraal, was a duty that fell on the men, the women being called on to cutthe grass for the huts and to lay and bind it on with cords plaited by themselves or by 462 As the land, especially in former days, was all communally occupied, no one had anyright thereto. It was said that all of it belonged to the king, who could place people thereonor remove them as he saw fit. At the same time, if a kraal head and the inmates of his establish-ment served the king and conducted them-selves properly towards their neighbours,and did not become so rich in cattle as toexcite their jealousy, there was no reasonwhy they should not continue for years tooccupy the land, without paying anythingin the form of direct taxation. Thewealthier people made a point of presentingone or more of their daughters to the kingby way of tribute, just as their ownfollowers were obliged by custom to presenttheir immediate heads with particular por-tions of any beasts slaughtered by themfrom time to time. The king had sometwenty or more huge kraals, though byno means equal to one another, erected atsuitable places thr
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