Southern Africa, the land and its peoples . one clan invaded the grounds ofanother, the trespassers were liable to be killed. They lookedupon Europeans as invaders of their sacred k grounds, and couldsee no wrong in lying in ambush and shooting a poisoned arrowat the white man, or in hunting his cattle. Hut gradually the iff >% Bushman Paintings. Bushmen gave way to the superior arms of the European, and,although occasionally used as herdsmen, they resisted any effortsmade to civilize them. Where still found, the Bushman lives thecharacteristic life of the nomad hunter, but very few now rem
Southern Africa, the land and its peoples . one clan invaded the grounds ofanother, the trespassers were liable to be killed. They lookedupon Europeans as invaders of their sacred k grounds, and couldsee no wrong in lying in ambush and shooting a poisoned arrowat the white man, or in hunting his cattle. Hut gradually the iff >% Bushman Paintings. Bushmen gave way to the superior arms of the European, and,although occasionally used as herdsmen, they resisted any effortsmade to civilize them. Where still found, the Bushman lives thecharacteristic life of the nomad hunter, but very few now remain. Hottentots. The early settlers rarely distinguished betwreenthe Bushmen and the quite different racial type, the latter were of a far superior civilization and had alreadyreached the pastoral stage. It is possible that their early homewas in the neighbourhood of Somaliland, but physically theyhave Mongolian characteristics, though their hair resembles thatof the Negroes. The Hottentots, besides being pastoralists, could. I . flougmirtl llwn . V >i: I ill i:\ Il: \\-\ \ \l .
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