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Rh I made enquiries, through Mr. Gouldsbury, as to some of their customs, and was informed that a sick person is allowed to die in the hut and not removed before death. When dead, he is taken out by the ordinary door and buried "far away" on the veld. There is no ceremony at burial, but about three months later there is a "drink." In case of a chief (Mambo), a head of cattle is killed, for a common man a fowl or a goat is killed, on this occasion. The hut is not pulled down or abandoned on a death. If the deceased were a married man, his nearest in blood would take over the widow and the hut. Succession is traced exclusively through males.

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