cattle he meets his brother, who asks for the many-coloured beast—being refused—he, by a trick,2 drowns Masilonyane. Masilo goes home with cattle-a bird settles on the many-coloured beast's horn and reproaches him3—he kills the bird—it revives and reproaches him as before—he kills it again and grinds it to dust. He reaches home—people ask for his brother—he professes ignorance—people admire beast—bird again appears uttering same words as before—Masilo tries to kill it—it avoids the stone—people listen to it, and then kill Masilo.
2. They come to a pit—the younger holds Masilo by the legs while he drinks—Masilo while doing the same for his brother lets him loose into the pit and he is drowned.
3. Bird says: "Masilo has killed Masilonyane, for the sake of, the many-coloured beast of his herd! The many-coloured beast of his herd!"
Where published.—Contributed by Mr. S. H. Edwards to South African, Folk-Lore Journal, 1879 (Cape Town), vol. i. part vi. pp. 138-145.
Nature of collection, whether :-
- Original or translation.—Text, pp.138, 140, 142, 144; English translation, pp. 139, 141, 143, 145.
- If by word of mouth, state narrator's same.—Not given.
- Other particulars.—Nil.
'Special points noted by the Editor of the above.—A version of this story in French is given by Rev. Eugène Casalis in his Etudes sur La Langue Séchuana (Paris, 1841), pp. 93-97, and in English dress in same author's The Basutos (London,1861), pp. 339-343. What appears to be another version is in Callaway's Zulu Nusery Tales, vol. i. part iv. pp. 217-220 (Izelamani, The Two Brothers). "A comparison of this story, with the two others mentioned above, will be found of great interest."
(Signed)Geo. L. Apperson,
Wimbledon,
