140 Remarks on Delagoa Bay. 



The next day, Mayelt catae down to Slangelly's place, though 

 sick, and ordered English Bill and as many men as we wanted 

 to go witfi us to the Cape, taking our acceptance of the cession 

 of the country as a security for their return, for they were be- 

 come, as he said, King George's own men. Temley and 

 il have twenty thousand inhabitants at least; Mapoota is 

 tiili. lYiuley, and lias as many ; Inyack is tributary to 



Mapoota, and may have fifteen thousand. These are rough 

 estimations, but Temley has thirty-two chiefs, which, at five 

 hundred inhabitants each, is fifteen thousand, and that is under 

 the truth. PangeHy is a small state quite dependent on Temley, 

 which I should take at five thousand. Mafoomo, or as Deago 

 de Conto has it. Ol'ooino, is situated on the North hank of 

 English River, and is a very small spot; the site of the Portu- 

 guese factory is within it, its extent is not more than five miles 

 from Reuben Point to the westward, and it is not broader; the 

 number of inhabitants is very small, and although the Portu- 

 guese exercise a viciot s tyranny over the people, yet they 

 assume neither jurisdiction uoi rule, beyond the demand of a 

 servile subjugation to their will. Even these people they did 

 not presume to consider as - entitled to their protection against 

 the Veterahs, who drove away their cattle from under the walls 

 ot the fort, and wasted the grounds and plundered the huts 

 even within reach of its guns. This is actually the same people 

 as the others in manners, customs, and language, It is, perhaps, 

 not a little remarkable, as shewing that by a just order of God's 

 Providence the reaction of crime brings on its own punishment. 

 About 1580, a Portuguese ship was wrecked a little to the 

 northward of the Kei, with a governor of hijack on board, 

 on his return to Europe ; the crew marched by the beach to 



cies in the public presence of his chiefs and people, as by the accompanying 

 Deed, and that lie then gave his hand to sign the same, as did also as "wit- 

 nesses Slengelly, the chief of the district forming 1 the southern bank of 

 English' River, and Shamaguara, the Interpreter, and ( a pi nfenick. 



In witness whereof we have given this under our hands this nineteenth 

 day of March, 1823. 



(Signed) Wm MTJDGE, 



Senior Lieut, of H. M. S. Levcn. 

 (Signed) JOHN FORBES, Bot;. 



I, the Undersigned, do hereby certify, that I had been repeatedly solicit- 

 ed to accept the cession of the Kingdom of Tcmby, by the desire of King 

 Kapell, of which it was onl\ my intention to acquaint superior authorities, 

 but circumstances rendered it necessary that I should at once decide to 

 accept it until the pleasure of His Majesty should be known, when this 

 -i was brought to me in form, by Prince Slengelly in the King's 

 name, which he did on the eighth day of" March. I do also certify, that SO 

 far from having moved the act myself, or from having offered any induce- 

 ment to '■ Tembj to do it, I have constantly evaded it when 

 to t.ilvr- it tor King George and the English, until this time, nineteenth 

 .. I - ■ 



jned) W I". W. OWEN, 



< iptain H.M. S. Ltven. 



