The Basutos : or, twenty-three years in South Africa (1861)
Casalis, Eugène Arnaud, b. 1812 · London, J. Nisbet · leaf 171
g an agreeable shade. The Basutos, who inhabit a mountainous country, endeavour to shut out the cold and wet. Their huts are in the form of a large oval oven, and are entered by creeping along a very narrow passage, which serves to prevent the wrind from reaching the interior. The walls are… … HUT OF THE BASUTOS . which is not only pleasant to the view, but is favourable to the maintenance of cleanliness. The chief defect of these huts, next to their small size, is the absence of all means of ventilation. I shall never forget the terror whfch seized me when first I found myself shut up,…
Sotho (African people)
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