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thought we had nothing to fear now, as that chief would 
think it below his dignity to send in pursuit of such a trifling 
number as seventeen head of cattle. 
We continued our journey still in a north-easterly direc- 
tion, till we reached the Malopypo, which was only six hours, 
on horseback, from the residence of Masilikatsie, but I 
could not induce the Griquas to advance one step farther. 
I tried everything in my power to get one to accompany me 
on horseback, as interpreter, but to no purpose, as | guessed 
that that powerful chief would not be pleased if he heard of 
our being so close to him, without paying him a visit. After 
remaining at the Maloppo three days, in which time we had 
bagged a good number of rhinoceroses, &c., and caught six 
beautifully-striped quaggas, we made preparations for re- 
turning, on which I missed my Griqua leader, Hans 
Barends. On making inquiry about him, nobody knew 
where he was, and as he was a lazy, sleepy fellow at the 
best, I paid little attention to the circumstance at the time, 
but spanned in and started, thinking that he might be asleep 
behind some bush, and would follow, as he had frequently 
done before. However, after we had travelled about an 
hour, Jan Saver came and informed me, to my utter 
astonishment, that Hans had absconded along with Piet 
Barends, and two Griqua lads, to steal cattle from Masili- 
katsie. I immediately ran to Hendrik Klaas, and up- 
braided him with a knowledge of the fact, blaming him for 
concealing it from me. He excused himself by saying that 
he had done everything in his power to dissuade him from 
going, but he would not listen to his advice, nor did he think 
that I should have been able to have dissuaded him. He 
also denied strenuously any pre-knowledge of Hans Ba- 
rends’ intended elopement, or of his taking his brother Ba- 
rends’ horse with him, which was the fact. I was now, to 
