BASUTOLAND: ITS LEGENDS AND CUSTOMS BY MINNIE MARTIN LONDON: NICHOLS & CO., 34 HART STREET, BLOOMSBURY, W.C, AND 23 OXFORD STREET, W. 1903. ROBERT STOCKWELL, Printer, BADEN PLACE, CROSBY ROW, BOROUGH, LONDON, S.E. CONTENTS. PAGE CHAPTER I. OUTLINE OF BASUTO HISTORY--LIFE OF MOSHESHUE--LETSIE--LEROTHOLI--THE "PITSO"--PRINCIPAL CHIEFS--SCENERY--MANNER OF HERDING--NATURAL FEATURES OF THE COUNTRY--BUSHMEN--RIVERS--WATERFALLS--"KHAPONG," OR UNSEEN FIRE--CLIMATE 1 CHAPTER II. APPEARANCE OF BASUTO--ALBINOS--CHARACTER--NATIVE VILLAGES--HUTS-- MANNER OF BUILDING--MANNER OF LIVING--NATIVE DRESS--ORNAMENTS 21 CHAPTER III. MANNER OF CULTIVATING THE SOIL--GRAIN--HARVEST--FOODS--DRINKS--MANNER OF EATING--RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY--CONDITION OF COUNTRY--IMPORTS-- HORSES--PACK OXEN--NUMBER OF WIVES--STATUS OF WOMEN--"LETSIMA"--BASUTO WOMEN--CHILDREN--SEASONS--MANNER OF COUNTING--RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS-- MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS--HEATHEN "SCHOOLS"--AMUSEMENTS 32 CHAPTER IV. CHIEF WARS--THEIR CAUSES AND EFFECTS--MOROSI--DISARMAMENT ACT--DEATH OF MOLAPO--INFLUENCE OF THE MISSIONARIES--COMPENSATION-- RESIGNATION OF COL. GRIFFETH--GENERAL GORDON--SIR MARSHALL CLARKE--STATE OF BASUTOLAND FROM 1843 TO PRESENT TIME--MODE OF GOVERNMENT--HUT TAX--EXPENDITURE--MISSION SOCIETIES 52 CHAPTER V. THABA BOSIGO--CANNIBALS--THEIR MANNER OF CAPTURING AND DESTROYING THEIR VICTIMS--MARK OF A CANNIBAL--"BAKUENA," OR THE PEOPLE OF THE CROCODILE--SUPERSTITIONS--LAND TENURE 71 CHAPTER VI. MARRIAGE CUSTOMS--DEATH CUSTOMS 80 CHAPTER VII. BIRTH CUSTOMS--EDUCATION--INTELLECT--CHARACTER--NEWS CARRIERS 93 CHAPTER VIII. NATIVE DOCTORS--RAIN MAKING--"THOKOLOSI," OR THE LITTLE DWARF-- "MOLOI"--MODE OF PREPARING FOR WAR--PROVERBS 102 CHAPTER IX. BOERS AND BASUTO 111 CHAPTER X. THE STORY OF TAKANE 118 CHAPTER XI. HOW KHOSI CHOSE A WIFE 129 CHAPTER XII. THE VILLAGE MAIDENS AND THE CANNIBAL 134 CHAPTER XIII. MORONGOE, THE SNAKE 139 CHAPTER XIV. THE SON CHIEF 144 CHAPTER XV. HOW RA-MOLO BECAME A SNAKE 155 CHAPTER XVI. LELIMO AND THE MAGIC CAP 159 CHAPTER XVII. THE CHIEF AND THE TIGERS 163 CHAPTER XVIII. THE MAID AND THE SNAKE LOVER 167 CHAPTER XIX. THE FAMINE 172 Dedication.