3 Ashburnham Road, Tonbridge. Dated Sept. 25th, 1899 - Has been reading his 'Golden Bough' which she regrets not reading before going to Africa; describes an ornament worn by an old Manganje woman in the West Shire district, B.C.A.; describes long grass knotted together and the different explanations for it, including H. A. Junod's, and her speculation on the real reason, to keep the sun from going down before travellers reach home, and the stories told the white people because they wouldn't understand the other; cites a story by Miss H. G. [Harriette Emily?] Colenso of a Zulu suffering from ceremonial uncleanness after not making an incision in the corpse of the man he killed; questions Herr Speckmann's book referring to the 'idholzi' (not 'iholzi').
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20 Dry Hill Park Road, Tonbridge. Dated October 4 [1899] - Thanks him for his answer to hers, has not yet seen [Lionel] Decle's book; clarifies where she saw the knots in the grass; suggests he cite Miss H. G. [Harriette Emily?] Colenso for the information on the Zulu warrior and ritual uncleanness; Junod refers to a curious rain-charm ceremony that she may have witnessed in part at Utumbi, West Shire, B.C.A.; suggests that Majaje, the mysterious chieftainess in the mountains north of the Transvaal is a representative of the King of the Wood.