Hare & chief.

Fable African - A chief offered ten goats to
anyone who could sleep in a Lake - Hare did
lie in water all night & his mother made a
fire beside Lake to warm him on coming out
Chief refused goats because of this - Hare
made a feast putting meat in one pot -
Pombe in another & flour mixed with
Pombe in a third - made a fire in the midst
& invited all the chief men to feast - chief
heard of strange feast uncooked & came to
ask the meaning - Hare told him that the
feast was being cooked in the same fashion
as he was warmed by his mothers fire
chief acknowledged Justice of simile &
gave him his goats -

Hare is supposed to have been a man
and for some crime was transformed
into a hare - Retains some of his
human wisdom -   great cunning
is ascribed to him &     Jackall

Fable African.   Hare & Hyaena made
friendship - lived on opposite sides of
a stream - Hare in time of great hunger
proposed to eat their mothers & wash off
the blood in river - Hyaenas mother was
first devoured Then Hare stole a goat &
passed meat off for his mother - Famine
continued - Hare went to foot of large tree
with a dwelling on it called & his mother gave
him food -   Nyane told Hyaena Hare had
his mother there - tried to call her, but his
voice was harsh - charm was to let the
biting driver ants ^ bite [            ] his tongue till his
voice became like Hare's were captured
took Hyaena to Beehive - Matupa
or nyuki - stung him all over -
bound Hare with Muale &
Fisi with thongs of pigs ox^ skin
Sung - easily cut the wi[  ]d date
bands Melala -^ stole a goat -
* hid ma & brothers

Fable African

Lion & = Lion went to visit the pig and
Pig - calling for a boat caught & eat
the pig - This he did 3 often but Hyaena
said how foolish ye pigs are - We have
no power said they - but I will give you
a charm - Cover yourselves all over with
mud & call yourselves "mud" - Induced the
lion to go to a stone building in time of
rain & held stone up - Then by excuse
got lion to take his place in holding it
and fled - Lion afraid that house would
fall held for many days - then came
Hyaena –     Kayele     Nyalitope
then Bara Bushbud It wont fall - hold
            what will give - for a charm
with one hand & see - if it does not
fall I wont eat you – does not eat
Bara even now – It was pig who
cheated you – saw nyane

        Rain washed off pig's mud
& lion eat him - Men came to eat
what flesh he left - & Fisi took skin
Sungura said you have stolen the food
of men - so he left skin at door -
Sungura eat & fled - Lion came caught Fisi his
tail & it came off into his hand
so he wants the tail always -

- Fisi is inside - went to Nyane
& parted - Fisi mistook & they
    parted

kalamula to judge

            go iba e be nane?

        of Moero or Waiyau
        Gaňgano - ^ a hunter killed all
animals for many years but
once when he had stalked & got
near an elephant and was
taking aim it said Lalalala!   
                    we are your ancestors
dont kill us - He left it but killed
a child & took a piece to cook in his
house which took fire & destroyed
all the houses of the village too
All the inhabitants fled to the hills
            having no hoes
& they ^ became monkeys - and
when they saw a man pass they
said Oh that is a man with two
legs while we now have four
How we should like to be like
        with two legs only
him - but began to steal in his
plantations corn cassava - &c

The wild hog was a friend of
man and bore two sons -
and sent them to him to beg
seed as the father wished to
cultivate - but man replied
if the Hog is going to plant who
will steal now?     He gave
seed of corn rice &c and
when they returned to their father
told him   what had been said
"who will steal now if pig
plants"     Yes let us eat
all the seed then - they con-
trived to steal and said
It is the fault of men who

scorned our intention to cultivate

Bweha = Fisi & Sungura of Urori
were friends - Hare said let us
kill fox - Hare Fox went to Lion the
chief & said let Hyaena be killed
Fox said also to chief let us kill
Fisi     Why? said chief - because
Fisi is a thief = It is his work
to steal skins & goats by night
Chief said to Fisi go lie in the
water a whole night & I will
give you an ox     He did so
lying in the water - His brother
made a fire near it - Fisi said
why not bring the fire into the
water in my house there -
To get the ox you can take the
fire into the water - went to the
chief give the ox said they
      chief said to Bweha go to
dig pitfall the well & I will placeget elephants
in it for you Bweha said to
his friend ^ Anteater make a pitfall
for elephant to fall in -       Hare
went & said to chief I go to get a
charm - came to tree with big
birds on it who asked where
he was going - take a feather

Hatindekwa         Hulu
    mikia -

The Monster Zimwe = Nyassa fable

100 cubits high 50 broad & 7 round
foot -     killed every animal, men -
buffaloes Elephants & swallowed
them all - came to serpent of 7 heads
which killed many too & lived on
upper part of Lake - Had hair on top
of head like a horn - Its name
Kitahongwa of seven heads -
Zimwe   tried to kill Kitahongwa
but serpent lay across his
mouth and could not be swallowed
Zimwe struck out with his feat &
men arose - and fire - pumpkins
calabashes - & men passed & said
now calabashes bear - they spoke
& men fled in fear - genii enter
into house Maize out of ears
from his cough came corn (Mabele
His tears rain - Bees from
his toes - armpits ^tobacco - beans -
from teeth - nose - pennisetum
pumpkins     from beard
From his mane = brass &c