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shelter for repose than a.mat sus- 
ended and inclined on two sticks ; 
and they frequently sleep on the 
bare ground, when the projeéticn 
of a rock serves them for shelter. 
If, however, they stop any where 
to sojourn for some time, and find 
materials for the construction of 
their huts, they then build a kraal : 
but at their departure, they leave 
it like all the rest. This custom of 
working for their comrades an- 
nounces a sociable charaéter, and 
benevolent dispositions. In fat, 
they are not only gocd husbands 
and fathers, but excellent asso- 
ciates. In the same kraal, no one 
appropriates any thing to himself, 
but all belongs to all. Wher they 
meet with other bands of the same 
nation, they give them a kind re- 
ception and protection; in short, 
they treat them as brothers, though 
perhaps they have never before seen 
them. 
Naturally active and nimble, the 
Hoozuana makes it, his sport to 
climb the highest mountains and 
peaks; and this disposition was of 
great service to me. ‘The stream on 
which I was encamped had a cop- 
‘pery taste, and a nauseous odour, 
which rendered the water unfit to 
drink. My cattle, accustomed to 
the bad waters of the country, were 
contented with it; but I was afraid 
that my people would be injured by 
it, and would not suffer them to 
make use of it. My Hoozuanas 
hzd no milk for me, since they only 
possessed some poor stolen cows. 
T asked them if they knew of 
any good spring in the neigh- 
bourhood of their kraal, to which 
I could send my people for water ; 
Anstantly, without making any an- 
swer, they fan to their mountains, 
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and in less than two hours brought 
all my skins and vessels full of ex. 
cellent water. During all the time 
of my stay on the stream, they ren- 
dered me the same service. “One of 
these journies would have cost a 
Hottentot a whole day. 
When they are on an expedition, 
the want of water does not disquiet 
them, even in the midst of the 
deserts. By a particular art, they 
know how to discover that which 
is concealed in the bowels of the 
earth; and their skill in this point 
is even superior to that of ‘the 
other Africans. Animals in aJike 
case, perceive the water, but it is 
only by the scent; and the emana- 
tions must be brought by a current 
of air; consequently the water 
must be to windward. During my 
abode in the desert in the first jour-. 
ney, my savages had more than 
once shewed the same faculty ; and, 
instru¢ted by them, I had also ac- 
quired it. The Hoozuana, more 
skilful, has need only of a sight. 
He lies on his belly, looks to a 
distance, and if the intermediate 
space contains any subterraneous 
source, he arises and points out the 
place with his finger.. That ethe- 
rial and subtle exhalation, which 
ascends from every current of water 
when not buried too deeply in the 
earth, suffices him for the. disco- 
very. As to lakes and other ex- 
terior deposits formed by the rains, 
they have a sensible. evaporation, 
which points them out to himeven 
when masked by a mound or hil- 
lock. IPf there be running wa- 
ters, such as brooks and rivers, 
their abundant vapours enable him 
to trace all the sinuosities of the 
stream. 
The Hoozuana has no other 
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