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their plot. I however difcovered, that of 
twenty-five confplrators there were not two 
who concurred in opinion : thofe whom I 
had engaged in my fervice in the courfe of 
my journey, faw no great difficulties in this 
fecret departure ^ but thofe whom I had en- 
gaged at the houfe of Mr. Mulder, in the 
country of Auteniqua, and at the Cape un- 
der the aufpices of the fifcal, doubted much 
whether they fhould return or not to the 
town. In a word, they could neither agree 
among themfelves, nor form any refolution. 
They accufed me of having facrificed the 
envoys ; and indeed it mufl be owned that 
their long abfence appeared extraordinary. 
From what Hans told me, three or four days 
at moft were fufficieiit for them to go to the 
refidence of king Pharoo; and allowing as 
many for them to ftay there, and the fame 
number to return, I found, by this plain cal- 
culation, that more than double the time 
neceflary for the journey had already elapfed. 
I therefore began to imagine that fome acci- 
dent had befallen them, or that the fufpicions 
of the Caffres had proved fatal to thefe un- 
liappy people. I did not however lofe all 
hopes of feeing them again ; but I remained 
wave fin? 
