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" it is certain that, at this moment, our Hottentot parade 
" would not suffer in a comparison with that of some of our 
" regular regiments. Their clothing may, perhaps, have suf- 
*' fered more than it ought to have done, in the time since 
" it was issued to them, from their ignorance of the means of 
" preserving it ; but those articles, which are capable of 
" being kept clean by washing, together with their arms and 
*' accoutrements, which thej have been taught to keep 
" bright, are always in good order. They are now, likewise, 
" cleanly in their persons ; the practice of smearing them- 
** selves with grease being entirely left off. I have fre- 
" quently observed them washing themselves in a rivulet, 
" where they could have in view no other object but clean- 
" liness." It will be no less satisfactory to the reader, than 
it is gratifying to myself, in thus having an opportunity of 
adding, in support of my former description of the moral 
character of this people, the opinion of such high and respect- 
able authority. 
None felt more sincere regret and uneasiness at that article 
in the treaty of peace, which ceded the Cape to its former 
owners, than these worthy missionaries. From the malignant 
spirit of the boors, they had every thing to apprehend. The 
friends of humanity, however, will rejoice to learn, that this 
asylum for an innocent and oppressed race of men continues 
to receive the countenance and protection of the present 
government; the two leading members of which appear to be 
actuated by views and sentiments very different from those 
of the majority of the people, over which they are appointed 
to rule. It is obvious, indeed, to every man of common uii- 
