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2. Further Changes Of Form

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"Specimens of Bushman Folklore", by W.H.I. Bleek and L.C. Lloyd, [1911],

2. Further Changes Of Form.

The sun rose, and " Xue" was a "dui"; and the sun set, and " Xue" was an Omuherero and lay down; and the sun rose, and " Xue" was " Xue", and went into another country and was a "sha'o"; and the sun

[1. The flower of the "dui" is light-coloured; its fruit is green; another day, (when) its fruit has ripened, its fruit is red.

2. The "shao" is a tall tree, like the "!kuni" (palm?).]

set, and " Xue" was a Makoba, and lay down; and the sun rose and " Xue" was a " naXane".

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(One kind of) "!naXane" lies upon the earth; another (kind of) "!naXane" is a tree. The "!naXane" are numerous. The fruit of the tree "!naXane" is yellowish. The fruit of the tree "!naXane" is large; and the ground "!naXane" fruit is small, and resembles the " kui" fruit, is red, is small, and abundant.]
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