egroes in which the boy and the sister appear. But to return to the
Kaffir story: When the cannibal is carrying Demazana away, she drops
ashes along the path. Demane returns shortly after with a swarm of bees
which he has captured, and finds his sister gone. By means of the ashes,
he follows the path until he comes to the cannibal's house. The family
are out gathering wood, but the cannibal himself is at home, and has
just put Demazana in a big bag where he intends to keep her until the
fire is made. The brother asks for a drink of water. The cannibal says
he will get him some if he will promise not to touch his bag. Demane
promises; but, while the cannibal is gone for the water, he takes his
sister out of the bag and substitutes the swarm of bees. When the
cannibal returns with the water, his family also return with the
firewood. He tells his wife there is something nice in the bag, and asks
her to bring it. She says it bites. He then drives them all out, closes
the door, and opens the bag. The bees fly out and sting him about the
head and eyes until he can no longer see. Compare this with the negro
story (No. LXX.) of how Brother Fox captures Brother Terrapin. Brother
Terrapin is rescued by Brother Rabbit, who substitutes a hornet's nest.
This story was told to the writer by a colored Baptist preacher of
Atlanta, named Robert Dupree, and also by a Henry County negro, named
George Ellis.

Compare, also, the Kaffir "Story of the Great Chief of the Animals"[i_11]
with the negro story of "The Fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow."[i_12] In the
Kaffir story, a woman sees the chief of the animals and calls out that
she is hunting for her children. The animal replies: "Come nearer; I
cannot hear you." He then swallows the woman. In the negro story, Mr.
Jack Sparrow has something to tell Brother Fox; but the latter pretends
he is deaf, and asks Jack Sparrow to jump on his tail, on his back, and
finally on his tooth. There is a variant of this story current among the
coast negroes where the Alligator is substituted for the Fox. The Kaffir
"Story of the Hare" is almost identical with the story of Wattle Weasel
in the present volume. The story of Wattle Weasel was among those told
by the railroad hands at Norcross, but had been previously sent to the
writer by a lady in Selma, Alabama, and by a correspondent in Galveston.
In another Kaffir story, the Jackal runs into a hole under a tree, but
the Lion catches him by the tail. The Jackal cries