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ever, at the first onset the latter fled, and a young man 
named Robert Rolins, formerly a trader in Hintza’s country, 
was killed in consequence of the stubbornness of his horse 
in refusing to descend a steep shelf. An effort was made by 
the people of the Station who were nearest to him to save 
him, but it was too late. He has left in that country a 
wife and three or four young children to deplore his fate. 
What is very remarkable, and what heightens the distress 
of the case is, that the young man murdered at Fort Beau- 
fort on Sunday last was a brother of Mr. Rolin’s, and they 
both met a violent death at the hands of the barbarous 
natives within the short period of ten days from each other.” 
The result of the attack of the Ficani is thus described: 
«“ The whole of the inhabitants under the tribes mentioned 
are completely destroyed, the houses burnt, and the cattle, 
estimated at two thousand head, carried off; a tract of 
country of about twenty miles in length by ten in breadth 
is completely devastated. The Kraal of Kabosa, just 
behind the Station, was the last in this direction which was 
destroyed. It is said that the 'Tambookie people may now 
be considered as completely subdued; and it is the opinion 
of the Europeans on the spot, that the Ficani will go home 
with the booty, strengthen themselves, and return and de- 
stroy the whole of the nation.” 
The communication from Mr. Ayliff states, “ By this 
conveyance we forward a memorial to the Governor on 
behalf of Vadanna, (the Tambookie Chief), praying for 
assistance to punish Capaai. ‘The traders, who are with 
their families thirty in number, besides drivers and leaders of 
wagegons, also send a second memorial, for an armed force 
to remove them from this place to the Colony, through the 
upper part of Hintza’s country. Should this be granted, 
we purpose, in conjunction with our brethren from Morley 
