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Hottentot Song.
"The cattle from the kraal have strayed.'
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The music of the natives of South Africa — Zulus, Kaffirs, Hottentots, etc., is gradually disappearing before tho rapid advances of the
■white man, and little remains of the older tunes apart from what has been pre-served in the books of travellers. Many of tho Kaffir tunes
are simply modifications of missionary hymns, or secular songs picked up from European settlers. The Hottentot tune given above has
a considerable admixture of this hymn tune character, although it is taken from Crotch's Specimens published early this century. This is
& melodious and finished tune compared to the following melody noted among the Kaffirs of Natal: —
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