As yet at Umlosi; visit to Umpandi over country he had not yet traveled; camping in a poor tent. Killed a nine foot snake with poison fangs a quarter of an inch long. Attacks by lions on cattle; elephant. "Lions are apparently much thicker here than before the Dutch came, we think perhaps their shooting so many so many the other side of the mountain frightened them off over here." Charlotte is now speaking Zulu with the natives and helping in school and is taking words for a Zulu-English lexicon.
Authors
- Collection
- Aldin Grout Papers
- Format
- Correspondence
- Pages
- 3 p.
- Place Discussed
- South Africa
- Provider
- Digital Commonwealth
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- South Africa
- Reference
- Local other: mums797-b01-f13-i002
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- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/913c870b5be4f188bbfe940a9fd6763a
