Rehfisch Fieldnotes February 20th Bororo Farm Palaver Complaint of Ian , Clifford , Frederick . Frederick says that he doesn't want Bororo to come here. He says that cows don't stay up in the hills but come down to river where farms are. Mambila make ditches for irrigation and cows spoil them so that it does not irrigate and more especially drain plots.
Cows compress the earth with their weight so that it can only be worked with great difficulty.
D.O. Told them not to cut big trees so they plant small ones which cows trample. Darius according to them told Bororo not to spoil Mambila farms, but they hesitate to tell him when his rule is broken. If two men want to show friendship they drink from one cup. Husband and wife don't share cup unless they are alone. You can only drink with your real sister if you are not in your compound.