Remarks on Delagoa Bay 131) 



Kapall, was so ill that he could not come to us himself, there- 

 fore the first lieutenant and botanist went to his place, sixteen 

 miles from the Denuding, where he most joyfully put his 

 hand to it in the presence of all his chiefs, and as great a con- 

 course of his people as could, on so shoit a notice, get there. 



and property, and a perfect good faith, that is, the persons and property of 

 every man shall be inviolable and sacred, so long as he keeps all the con- 

 tracts, engagements, or conventions he may have voluntarily entered into, 

 cither with the state or individuals. 



Eighth, — Whenever any lands may be necessary for public buildings or 

 works, it must be ceded by law after the second year of the formation of a 

 British establishment; before that time, I, King Kapell, will give such 

 lands as the Governor shall require of me ; but should any individual suffer 

 loss by a public appropriation of his land, he must be satisfied for the same 

 according- to the judgment of arbiters. 



Ninth,— The chiefs shall be called together in council by the joint autho- 

 rity of the Governor and Kin? Kapell, four times in e.verj j ear, for fourteen 

 days each time, and none to absent themselves without permission of the 

 said authority. 



Tenth,— Every man shall have dominion in his own family ; that is, over 

 his own wives, children, and servants, within the bounds presi rib( ■■'. by law; 

 the laws of (he land shall, as soon as possible, be reduced to the most simple 

 order, and be taught by rote to every male child, who, as soon as he shall 

 be able to repeat them and understand them, after he is Seventeen vears of 

 a?e, shall enter into a solemn agreement to keep the same, and shall from 

 that time be free from bis father's government, being- responsible only to 

 the state, except he still inhabit his father's house, and in that case he must 

 fall under his paternal government. 



Eleventh,— In all civil and criminal cases, trials shall always be before 

 judges named by joint authority of the Governor and King- Kapell from the 

 chiefs, and in civil cases by three arbiters, in criminal by seven. 



Twelfth,— The revenues, and their administration in every branch, come 

 under the head of laws and regulations; and the power of making- war and 

 peace shall be with the supreme council exclusively, and the male popula- 

 tion shall be formed into bodies of militia, and exercised al least two hours 

 in every week, under such regulations as the Governor and King Kapell 

 may think proper. 



Thirteenth,— A man may, by will, give over his property to whomsoever 

 he may think proper, provided he be sane, but no property whatever shall 

 be devised intail ; and in case of dying intestate, all his children by all his 

 wives shall share the inheritance equally. 



And I, King Kapell, do declare, that I am induced to make this cession 

 by the advice of my chiefs, because 1 find my state and people too weak to 

 defend themselves against the aggressions of either Africans or Europeans, 

 and beeause 1 find my people ignorant and uncultivated, and inhabiting a 

 country capable of every thing by well directed industry, to which they are 

 well disposed; and, lastly, I have chosen the King of Great Britain for my 

 protector, because my people are strongly attached to his, that very many 

 speak the English language, and because 1 believe his power to be the only 

 one established on principles of universal justice, and the only one capable 

 of affording me and my people the protection we seek. 



In witness whereof, I have put my hand and seal in the British manner, 

 this eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twentv-three 

 (Signed) KAPELL, } " 



SLENGELLY, ( -a 

 SHAMAGl'AKA, / % 

 t U'F.NFEMCK, ) 



\V«, the Undersigned, do certify, that v. e walked about sixteen miles to 

 fhe residence of K in^r Kapell, of Temhy, unattended by any but his own 

 people, and that be did, without solicitation, and by his own free will and 

 desire, make a cession of the Sovereignty of his kingdom and its dependen. 



