<i>An account of rain-making by means of dragging a water-animal over the land, in illustration of a Bushman painting copied by Mr J.M. Orpen (</i>Cape Monthly Magazine<i> for July, 1874, frontispiece), was given, in the Katkop dialect, by Dia!kwãin, who had it from his mother (BXXVII. 2540-2608, the two first pages only translated). The beginning of this was repeated by him (L V.-3. 4075-4085), and two other accounts of rain-making were also given by him (L V.-3. 4086-4121).</i> A story of how the rainmakers (<i>!giten</i>) lie in wait for a waterbull at the spring. An old rainmaker attempts to lead a waterbull (by means of a noose or thong round its neck), but fails when the thong breaks. His abilities are called into question by the people back home.
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1) p.4089v: this story was told to Dia!kwain by his father (Xaa-ttin or Jacob), 2) p.4099: a different version of this part of the story given when Lloyd had trouble understanding the first taking of the tale, 3) 4110v: the waterbull is a 'strong thing', not a 'light thing', 4) p.4116v: the rainmaker of the story is also called a <i>!gixa</i>, 5) p.4119v: the work might have been successful if the thong and the helpers had first been sprinkled with finely powdered buchu, 6) p.4120v: buchu calms the waterbull; on the 'going away' of the rainmaker while other people sleep, 7) See also <i>What happened when the thong (with which they were pulling at the Water's Bull) broke, </i>or<i> Kko-kkoro's story </i>and<i> Rainmaking (a version by Dia!kwain)</i>, 8) This story is found in Book V-3
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