4 TRAVELS IN 
At night the Hottentot whom I had fent 
along with Haabas, arrived from his horde, 
accompanied by two new Gonaquas, who 
brought me a fat ox, which their chief beg- 
ged me to accept. Narina, putting me in 
mind of my promlfes, fent me a balket of 
goats-milk, which (he knew I was very fond 
of. Her fxfter, when fhe^faw the prefents 
which llie had received, regretted much that 
fhe had not gone along with her to vifit my 
camp ; and fhe ordered the two meffengers 
of Haabas, from whom I learned this intelli- 
gence, to thank me for thofe I had fent her 
by her miOther. Having accepted the ox 
and the (heep which were prefented to me, 
I ordered the meffengers to be entertained 
with tobacco and brandy. One of thefe people 
refembled Narina fo much that I took him 
for her brother; but he was. only her coufin* 
Features full of mildnefs, and an elegant 
figure, rendered this man one of the moft 
beautiful favages I had ever feen. He told 
me feveral particulars refpe£ling the Gona- 
quas, which Haabas had not mentioned. He 
informed me that, before the war with the 
Caffres, his harde was compofed of only one 
family, of whicji Nariixa's grandfather had 
been* 
