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the arrival of the vessel at the Cape, the boy requested per- 

 mision to land, in order to enjoy the society of his swarthy 

 friend. This was granted, on condition that he should rejoin 

 the vessel at Simon's Bay. 



While doubling the southern extremity of Africa, the un- 

 fortunate Birkenhead struck, and, as is well known, was to- 

 tally lost, with almost all hands on board. 



Timbo took every care of the boy, whose life had thus 

 been saved. He put him to school, and afterward secured 

 him a berth with a tradesman in Cape-Town. Finding that 

 the youth was anxious to see something more of the world, 

 and to add to his store of knowledge, I took him into my 

 employ. He accompanied me to the Great Lake, and when, 

 in the course of the journey, I became ill, and crippled by 

 wounds inflicted by wild animals, his presence and tender 

 care greatly relieved and soothed my sufferings. 



On Timbo's recommendation, and from possessing a smat- 

 tering of Portuguese, I engaged a Mozambique liberated 

 slave of the name of Louis ; but he turned out the filthiest, 

 laziest, most sensual, and most useless man I ever came 

 across. Just as I was about to engage him, he said, " Of 

 course, master give me my washing and ironing." "My 

 good fellow," I replied, "has Timbo not explained to you the 

 sort of country we are going to ? You must thank your 

 stars if you gejt water enough to wash your face, much less 

 your clothes. And, if you happen to get a sufficiency for the 

 latter purpose, you will certainly have to cleanse your own 

 garments. In the wilderness, according to an old saying, 

 'every man is his own washerwoman.' " 



A young Hottentot, whom I engaged as wagon-driver for 

 the journey, ran into debt, and shuffled his cards so cleverly 

 that I did not become aware of the circumstance until the 

 day fixed for our departure, when there was, of course, no 

 time to look for another driver, and I had no alternative lefc 

 but to pay his liabilities. 



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