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by their assistance he had obliged his uncle to % : that 
this mail had then joined Khouta, a powerful chief to 
the northward, and with their united forces had made war 
against him : that he had been victorious, and had taken 
Zambie prisoner: that he had never been at war with, 
nor to his knowledge had ever given the slightest offence 
to, the chiefs of the other side of the Keiskamma, but, 
on the contrary, had always endeavoured to conciliate 
their good- will : yet, that since his friends and subjects 
had supported him in the assumption and maintenance of 
his right, he had observed a disposition in those chiefs to 
withdraw themselves from his friendship : that the people 
of Malloo and Tooley particularly had committed great 
depredations on the cattle of his subjects ; and that, when 
he sent to them a civil message to enquire if any had by 
chance strayed into their territories, to his great surprise 
he was informed they had quitted the country: that he 
had more than once, since that period, sent to them his 
proffers of friendship, but that they had detained, and, 
as he supposed, put to death his messengers : that still 
to avoid giving them any pretext for commencing hosti- 
lities, he had strictly forbid any of his subjects to molest 
their habitations, or even to pass the Keiskamma. 
From the accounts we had received from the boors respect- 
ino- these people, we were surprized to find so much good 
sense and prudence in a very young man and a Kaffer. We 
explained to him the nature of our visit, and submitted for 
his consideration tlie six following proposals : 
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