. A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793. To which is annexed an account of a journey made in the years 1801 and 1802, to the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation. of the same genuswhich from the reddish coloured seed appeared to be theSaccharatus, a Dolichos not unlike the cadjan, and a smallspotted Phaseolus or kidney bean. These different kinds ofgrain and pulse appear to be sown promiscuously and, Avhenreaped, to be thro^\Tl indiscriminately into their earthengranaries; from whence they are taken and used withoutselection, sometimes by broiling, but more generally bo
. A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793. To which is annexed an account of a journey made in the years 1801 and 1802, to the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation. of the same genuswhich from the reddish coloured seed appeared to be theSaccharatus, a Dolichos not unlike the cadjan, and a smallspotted Phaseolus or kidney bean. These different kinds ofgrain and pulse appear to be sown promiscuously and, Avhenreaped, to be thro^\Tl indiscriminately into their earthengranaries; from whence they are taken and used withoutselection, sometimes by broiling, but more generally boilingin milk. It will readily be supposed that the art of agricul-ture among this people is yet in its lowest stage. In fact,the only labour bestowed on the ground is performed by thewomen, and with a rude instrument something like thehoe. It is a flat piece of iron fixed into the knob of theKaffer keerie. AVhen its horizontal edge is so fitted that itstands at rio-lit ang-les with the handle, it serves as a hoe;when turned round so as to be parallel with the handle, it isthen a hatchet. One of these instruments appears lying onthe ground, in the print of the two annexed //a a/i iV n^cuum I- JJ},y:.:,. !;J}.rn.;.Xl,:„„;.,.,. SOUTHERN AFRICA. 395 But the Booshuanas are arrived at that stage of civihzationwhich is not satisfied with the mere necessaries of hfe suppUedto them abundantly from the three sources of agriculture,grazing, and hunting; they are by no means insensible ofits conveniencies and its luxuries. Their skin cloaks for thewinter are pliant, soft and warm, being frequently linedwith the fur-skins of tyger-cats, viverras and other smallanimals; and when in summer they go without clothing, theyrarely expose their bodies to the rays of the sun, but carryumbrellas made of the broad feathers of the ostrich fixed tothe end of a stick. They vary their mode of dressing bothanimal food and grain, occasionally boiling, broiling, orroasting the fo
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