STORY OF THE GIRL WHO DISREGARDED THE CUSTOM OF NTONJANE.

A large proportion of Kaffir tales have a similar termination with many

English ones; the heroine gets married to a prince. These show that a

desire for worldly rank is as great in the one people as in the other.

Most Kaffir tales are destitute of moral teaching from our point of

view. What recommendation, for instance, has the girl in this story to

the favour of the young chief?

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