ABSTRACT
THE Amandebele, in common with other South African tribes, and especially the Kafirs, are very superstitious, and erroneous in their views and practices. This soon forces itself upon the notice of a stranger. In a hot country, where the inhabitants greatly depend for food upon their garden productions, and where irrigation is unknown, it is but natural that a time of drought should prove a great calamity, and that rain should be much valued, especially at sowing time. The methods adopted for bringing down the rain in seasons of drought al~e many and strange.
