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ter here, and His Honor the Commander at the Cape;" on 

 which a feigned attempt was made by us to break up our en- 

 campment and march to his kraal, in order to see who should 

 be master. Upon these words he became quite astounded, 

 and commenced speaking with much more civility, saying 

 " that the other Captains had said so, but not he." He sent 

 his son to his kraal to order it to break up and to come to us. 

 His Honor caused him and all his people to be well feasted, 

 with which they were much pleased, and pretended to have 

 great affection for us. 



Saturday, 6th. — The son of Captain Nonce came again to 

 us, pretending that the kraal to which he had been in order 

 to fetch it could not come, on account of the great swamps 

 which were on the road, which was quite at variance with 

 what he had stated the day before ; namely, " that it was a 

 road quite practicable for us to go with our wagons and 

 i carts," from which it could be perceived that he intended 

 some roguery towards us, particularly as he had shewn ill- 

 treatment to former travellers : he is commonly called Jonker. 

 He evinced by all his acts that he had not the least respect 

 towards his father, who required to be silent when he com- 

 menced to speak. His Honor the Commander remarking this, 

 ordered him to be silent, and to let his father speak ; on which 

 he replied "that he and not his father was Captain." In con- 

 sequence of this and some irregular conduct which we re- 

 marked in him, His Honor the Commander caused him to be 

 apprehended, together with another of the same kraal called 

 Rabi, who was also one of the ringleaders. It was considered 

 advisable to send on the following day a sergeant with twenty 

 men to the kraal, to see if they would come by fair means, 

 but to compel them by force if they refused. 



Sunday, 7th. — With break of day the sergeant departed 

 with his men to seek the kraal, and returned in the afternoon 

 with it, the people were well provided with milk cows, but indif- 

 ferently with oxen and sheep. The sergeant reported, that 

 when he arrived at the kraal many took to flight, on which 

 he sent word by the Hottentots that he had with him, that no 

 harm would be done to them if they would go voluntarily with 

 him. He seized their arms in the mean time, and they, 

 seeing themselves overpowered, broke up their kraal and 

 proceeded quietly. It was found to be true that the roads 

 were impassible for wagons and carts, in consequence 

 of which they had been compelled to unpack several oxen 

 which had been loaded with the chattels of their kraal. His 

 Honor the Commander caused the fore-mentioned Jonker to be 

 brought to him in the tent, and asked what reason he had to 

 int out to us a wrong road? He denied having ever said 

 my thing about it, whilst his people on the contrary acknow 



