Thebeesconveythepollenfromonetotheother。
ThehumaninhabitantsofthistractofcountryconsistofBushmenandBakalahariTheformerareprobablytheaboriginesofthesouthernportionofthecontinent,thelattertheremnantsofthefirstemigrationofBechuanasTheBushmenliveintheDesertfromchoice,theBakalaharifromcompulsion,andbothpossessanintenseloveoflibertyTheBushmenareexceptionsinlanguage,race,habits,andappearanceTheyaretheonlyrealnomadsinthecountry;
theynevercultivatethesoil,norrearanydomesticanimalsavewretcheddogsTheyaresointimatelyacquaintedwiththehabitsofthegamethattheyfollowthemintheirmigrations,andpreyuponthemfromplacetoplace,andthusproveascompleteacheckupontheirinordinateincreaseastheothercarnivora。
ThechiefsubsistenceoftheBushmenisthefleshofgame,butthatisekedoutbywhatthewomencollectofrootsandbeans,andfruitsoftheDesertThosewhoinhabitthehotsandyplainsoftheDesertpossessgenerallythin,wiryforms,capableofgreatexertionandofsevereprivationsManyareoflowstature,thoughnotdwarfish;thespecimensbroughttoEuropehavebeenselected,likecostermongers’dogs,onaccountoftheirextremeugliness;
consequently,EnglishideasofthewholetribeareformedinthesamewayasiftheugliestspecimensoftheEnglishwereexhibitedinAfricaascharacteristicoftheentireBritishnationThattheyarelikebaboonsisinsomedegreetrue,justastheseandothersimiaeareinsomepointsfrightfullyhuman。