Rheumatism, Gout. Isi-dlanga or in-dubula. These are not differentiated though fairly common, especially, however, amongst the natives who, owing to their going at times near the European villages, are forced to wear European costumes, usually terribly dilapidated. If called in-dubula it is supposed to be ideopathic, due to natural causes, and the name is that used to distinguish a small hairy insect, the patient feeling as if it were this insect gnawing at his joints. Treatment: In these cases one of the “Amgqira Awokuqubula” is called in, and he, after rubbing etc., applies his mouth to the part and sucks out the disease, spitting out one of these insects as proof of his success. Or one of (Amagqira-awobulongo); cow-dung doctors, who applying his cow-dung poultice with much ceremony, will when removing it later, also produce an ocular proof of his having got away the tormentor. The Kaffirs have for generations been in the habit of using the leaves of the Um-gcunube (Salix Capensis) or Cape river willow for the cure of rheumatic pains. This is a curious fact, when one realizes that these leaves are rich in “Salicin” the very drug used as a specific in modern medicine. Scrofula. I-hashe. This is a fairly common disease, looked upon as due to bad blood or weak parents. Treatment: A very large variety of herbs is used by the Amagqira Awemiciza for this disease either as a paste to external manifestations or internally in infusion. The best known are:— Um-Bangandlela —Heteromorpha arborescens Um-Pafa —Ziziphus mucronata I-Yeza lehashe —Bulbine asphodeloides I-Rubuxa —Pentanisia variabilis Um-Sintsana —Erythrina Humei Um-Tumana —Solanum Capense I-Yeza lehashe (No. 2) Thunbergia Capensis Each or all of these drugs, amongst others is used for I-hashe or if a running sore (I-quita) Scrofula, multiple running swellings, or enlarged glands. Cancer. Isi-hlava or Um-hlaza a name given to all sores that refuse to heal or continue to spread. Mumps. Uqilikwana. The following curious practice is the only method of treatment I can find. The sufferer finds the burrow of a hare and stooping down, calls down the hole “Qilikwana! Qilikwana! Nika Kum” (Mumps! Mumps! get away from me) and then walks straight home without looking back. A cure follows in time! C. TUMOURS AND NEW GROWTHS. Ili-fa, plural Ama-fa, supposed to be collections of bad or useless blood. Treatment: When small they are pressed frequently by the teeth of a menstruating or suckling woman. When large and having resisted this last treatment they may be incised or even excised; (Treated by Ukutyadwa, which means to cut open). If painful they are poulticed. Boils. I-tumba are specially recognised and treated by poulticing. The discharging pus is believed to be bad blood and its removal a great good to the person’s system. D. RESPIRATORY ORGANS.