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longer touched the earth; he meafured my 
height, ftood clofe by my fide, and feemed 
to fay. In what am I Inferior to you ? 
His own countrymen were no lefs charm- 
-ed with his fuccefi : they fixed their eyes 
upon me, and endeavoured to difcover by my 
looks what cffcd: this fpecimen of Ikill had 
produced in my mind. 
I had afterwards feveral opportunities of 
obferving, that thefe people want nothing 
but an able chief at their head, and good or- 
der eftablifhed among them, to defl:roy the 
Hottentot nation, and all the colonies ; but 
the fuperiority of our arms will render their 
courage and dexterity of no avail, whilft they 
have no other weapons for their defence but 
^ffagays. 
After drawing his lance from the body of 
the animal, the young Caffre ftruck the iron 
point of it feveral times into the fand, and 
carefully wiped it with a handful of grafs. 
I was extremely forry that I could not ex- 
plain myfelf properly to thefe ftrangers ; the 
length of time required for interpretation, 
and perhaps the narrow conception of the 
^iterpreter, excited my impatience to fuch a 
degree 
