no TRAVELS IN 
of tools neceffary for abridging their labour : 
their nigenuity is much lefs admirable than 
their patience. 
It would have appeared aftonifhing had 
thefc people whom I fo often frequented, and 
amongft whom I lived fo long, been cunning 
or deceitful enough to conceal their charader 
from me fo much, that I Ihould never have 
obferved, either in their conduft or manner 
of living, any fign or a£t of fupcrftltion. It 
would be highly improper to confider as reli- 
gious practices certain privations which they 
impofe on themfelves, and which appear alto- 
gether natural and fimple, when one takes 
the trouble of examining them thoroughly. 
For example, they fcarcely ever eat the flefh 
of the hare, or of the antelope called duykers. 
In their opinion, the former is an ugly and 
difgufting animal, and the flefli of the latter 
they confider as too black ; befides, thefe two 
animals are always exceedingly lean, which 
to them is a fufficient reafon for rejeding It. 
But a ftriklng proof that they deprive them- 
felves of this refource from no chimerical idea, 
is that, in times of fcarcity and want, I have 
feen them think themfelves very happy in 
being able to recur to lU Becaufe a Dutch- 
man 
