REYNARD THE FOX IN SOUTH AFRICA; OR, Hottentot Fables and Tales. CHIEFLY TRANSLATED FROM ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF HIS EXCELLENCY SIR GEORGE GREY, K.C.B. W. H. I. BLEEK, Ph.D. LONDON: TRÜBNER AND CO., 60, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1864. THIS BOOK BELONGS TO CHILDREN IN SOUTH AFRICA AND ELSEWHERE, AND TO THEIR FRIEND SIR GEORGE GREY, K.C.B., NOW IN NEW ZEALAND. CONTENTS. I. Jackal Fables. PAGE 1. The Lion’s Defeat 1 2. The Hunt of the Lion and Jackal 3 3. The Lion’s Share 5 4. The Jackal’s Bride 9 5. The White Man and the Snake 11 6. Another Version of the same Fable 13 7. Cloud-Eating 14 8. Fish-Stealing 16 9. Which was the Thief? 18 10. The Lion’s Illness 19 11. The Dove and the Heron 2…
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