6 OCTOBER 1928, Page 46

General Knowledge Questions

Ours weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Mr. M. J. C. Meildejohn, 136 Coombe Lane, S.W.-20, for the following :- Questions on Frontier Lore 2. What are vel-schoen (misnamed veldt-shoes ') and why so 1. What is (a). a machila, (b) a machete, (c) a kerrie ?

called .

3. What is (a) a cinch, (b) a hackamore, (c) a lariat ? 4. Explain the difference between hobbling and knee:haltering a horse. Can a knee-haltered horse lift his head? 5. What is meant by the terms, applied to honses—bruinby, schimmel and paint-horse ? 6. What is (a) a Mexican lion, (b) a native companion, (c) a gems- bok ?

7. Give the meaning of the terms lobola and shamba, Where are they used ?

8. What is (a) an igloo, (b) an adobe, (c) a tepee ?

9. What is (a) a kaross, (b) a poshteen, (c) a parka ?

10. What is a dew-spoor ?

11. What are biltong and jerked meat ? 12. What animals are miscalled a tiger, a wolf, and a camel ? Where ?

13. What is (a) a vaquero, (b) a gaucho, (c) a dog-musher

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