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قراءة كتاب Basutoland Its Legends and Customs
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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. | |