Kalwerbossie & Rabassam

Jane McGary janemcgary@earthlink.net
Sun, 29 Dec 2002 18:49:46 PST
John Bryan wrote,
>It would appear the name kalwerbossie is derived from kalwers as the
>plant was used by the Hottentots for the cure of some diseases in
>cattle ...

Please be aware, as I mentioned to John when editing the revision of his
book, that "Hottentot" is a pejorative name (like "Redskin" for Native
Americans) that is no longer accepted in written works. An acceptable name
for the entire group is Khoisan.

Jane McGary






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