ABSTRACT
The Lozi thus have some eight different kinds of gardens. The work in these gardens is spread over all the months of the year. Low-lying gardens in the Plain, drained gardens, and seepage gardens are planted in the winter (July), are fed by underground waters, and are reaped in December to February. The bush gardens, dry margin gardens, and gardens made on the higher patches in the Plain are planted in the rains in November and reaped in April to May. Bush gardens have to be cut in April to June to dry for burning in September. The use of the various types of garden land is shown in the following chart2 : —
The Lozi have some two dozen ways of catching fish. The main methods are : a brief season when the flood is rising and fish can be trapped in non-return traps set in reed-fenees (December to February); similar trapping in fish-dams and fences when the flood falls (April-July); netting with trawl-and gill-nets when the waters are low and confined in July to November; communal battues with fish-spears when the waters are low in pans (September-November).
