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is astonishing how quickly they will conceal 

 things under their scanty dress. When dis- 

 covered and taxed with theft they never seem 

 ashamed of themselves ; but if much anger is 

 shown or they get a richly deserved beating, 

 they usually run away. A boy in the service 

 of a friend was one day seen leaving the room 

 with his jacket-pocket suspiciously bulged out, 

 and on being stopped hit out at his master's 

 face, a most unusual occurrence, and was so vio- 

 lent that he had to be tightly bound ; and when 

 the police, who had to be summoned, arrived 

 and unbound him, he flew to an assegai that 

 happened to be standing in a corner of the room, 

 and tried to stab the sergeant. He had secreted 

 a whole bundle of cigars, and, I believe, other 

 little things besides, his master sitting in the 

 room all the time. He was imprisoned for some 

 months, and no doubt made to work on the 

 roads and carry water the usual form of "hard 

 labour " imposed here. Another boy in the ser- 

 vice of the same gentleman was stopped taking 

 out a full bottle or two of champagne among 



