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tentots ; but that, from the favourable ac- 
counts which he had given of my charafterj 
and pacific difpofition, feveral of the Caffres 
offered of their own accord to accompany 
him, and in their turn to come as a depu- 
tation, to affure me of the general good- 
will which the whole inhabitants bore to- 
xvards me ; and that, being fully convinced 
I was not a Dutch planter, they would re- 
ceive me as a friend, and even as a proteftor. 
Thefe Cafires trufted that I would enable 
them to be revenged on a certain planter of 
Bruyntjes-Hoogte, agaiuft whom they had 
difmal complaints to make, and whofe name 
alone infpired them with horror. 1 indeed 
afterwards received fome details fefpefting 
the life of this wretch, and particular con- 
fiderations prevent me from here expofing 
his name ; but the crimes which have ren- 
dered him a monfter are not unknown to 
any inhabitant of the Cape. In vain has 
the government repeatedly fummoned him 
to appear at its tribunal, to anfwer for his 
conduct ; entrenched in territories where 
the laws are inactive, and without force, the 
orders of the governor, the threats of -his 
M 3 fubaiternsj 
