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dition! <A little afterwards we saw some fresh traces of 
cattle, which we followed till they led us to a Bechuana 
kraal ina very secluded situation. Seeing here a lot of 
calves, we expected to have got some milk, which would 
have been to us the greatest luxury. 
On begging for some, for we could not buy it, they all 
denied having any, but I searched several of their huts till 
I found one in which were suspended from the roof three 
large skin sacks of milk. I seized upon one of them with- 
out ceremony, and was about helping myself, when the 
owner flew at me with the savageness of a tiger, and 
wrenched the bag out of my hands, refusing to give me a 
drop without payment. This was a specimen of African 
hospitality, of which I have seen several more in the course 
of my travels, and the very thing I dreaded would befall 
me if I had gone by the. Hart River. However, they were 
kind enough to lend us a small earthen pot to boil our 
ostrich egg in, and on it we made an excellent breakfast, 
although without bread or salt. 
Near to this kraal we found the track of Gibson’ s wag- 
gons, on which we continued till we reached the Little 
Chue, which is like the other place of the same name, a 
periodical lake, having all the appearance of a salt-pan, 
but almost always without water, except some small springs 
on one side. 
Here we left our Hottentots behind, and rode on to Ma- 
teto, which was still distant about thirty miles. At sunset 
we reached the extensive Bechuana town of Litakoou, the 
residence of the Batlapee Chief, Mahura, who is brother to 
Matabee, the king of that tribe, whose former residence, you 
know, was in Kuruman, or as it is commonly called Lattakoo. 
Here we procured a guide to Mateto, which we reached 
about ten o'clock at night; and from the very warm and 
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