The name Hottentot was in English easily corrupted into "Hodmandod". "The natural inhabitants of the Cape are the "Hodrnandods, as they are commonly called, which is a corruption of the word Hottentot".2 Now "Hodmandod" was a term meaning scarecrow, and was applied, as an oppro-bious nickname, to any deformed person. The nicknaine, because of its