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the dang-ers and difficulties with which taeir undertaking- is 

 fraug'ht. Hemmed in on one side by Moselekatse^ who will 

 never lose sig'ht of the past^ but, tio'er-like^ will watch his 

 opportunity of reveng-e, with unceasing- and savag-e vig-ilance; 

 and on the other hand by Ding-aan, who cannot fail to reg-ard 

 their obtrusion with more than his wonted jealousy and sus- 

 picion ; surrounded too^ by a whole host of marauders, who, 

 whatever they may pretend to the contrary, are ever on the 

 alert to enrich themselves at the expense of their more opu- 

 lent neig-hbours, the position of the migratory farmers can 

 hardly be said to be improved by the step they have taken. 

 They have cast off the yoke of a g-overnment which they 

 felt burthensome, and whilst they flourish, are the judg-es and 

 the aveng'ers of their own cause. But to an unprejudiced 

 observer, their path would seem strewed with difficulties, 

 and beset with perils. Thus far their course has been marked 

 with blood, and with blood must it be traced to its termina- 

 tion, either in their own destruction, or in that of thousands 

 of the native population of Southern Africa. 



