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journey before us^ during- which it was to be our only abode, 

 mig'ht now not inaptly be compared to a ship proceeding- to 

 sea. Besides ourselves and our personal conveniences^ it 

 contained, with the addition of a barrel of g'unpowder, and 

 the commodities for barter already enumerated, six sacks of 

 flom-, two bag-s of rice, and two of sug-ar, with chests of tea 

 and bales of coffee. The bao-o-ao-e-wao-o-on carried tent, 

 camp-stools, table, and cooking* utensils j hams, tong-ues, and 

 cheeses in profusion j salt and dried fish, biscuits, wax 

 candles, soap, and oilman's stores, or in other words, sauces 

 and pickles. The luxur}- of beer, so palatable to an Ang-lo- 

 Indian, we were compelled to dispense \\ith in consequence 

 of its bulk ; but we provided ourselves instead, with a few 

 dozens of brandy, and a small barrel of inferior spirits for 

 the use of the followers. Crevices and empty spaces were 

 filled up with spades, pickaxes, hatchets, sickles, and joiner's 

 tools, together with nails, screws, spare bolts, and linchpins ; 

 and as if all these were not weig-ht sufficient, no less than 

 eig'hteen thousand leaden bullets, duly prepared — to say 

 nothing* of a larg'e additional supply- of that precious metal 

 in pig's, to be converted into instruments of destruction as 

 occasion required — were added to our stock. 



At GraafF Keinet we eno*ao*ed six additional Hottentots, 

 under a formal contract of service for six months, executed 

 in presence of the Clerk of the Peace. As these were our only 

 associates for many months, and will occasionall}" appear 

 in prominent relief, I may be here excused consig*ning* them 

 to print, under the appellations of Piet-van-Koy, a man of 

 mixed breed, Cobus Jacobus, John April, Claas September, 

 Frederick Dangler, and Ethaldur Wildman. Nearly all of 

 these being" tro?ik volk, or in other words, discharg*ed crimi- 

 nals, no agreement less binding* than the one we had made 

 would have answered our purpose. But scarcely a day hnd 

 elapsed before we had reason to regret our part in the 



