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ing them examples of the moft horrid out* 
rages. 
The hatred of the Caffres is ftill unfortu- 
nately extended to a part of the Hottentots, 
whom the inlidious and treacherous policy 
of the planters has perverted, and engaged 
in their confpiracies, in order to leffen 
thofe rifques to which the method neceC- 
fary to be purfued with the Caffres ex- 
pofes them, and to be able to meet them 
upon an equal footing. Thefe precautions, 
however, are often of no avail againft the 
addrefs and adtive vigilance of the enemy. 
The Hottentot, too timid, and too badly 
armed, to fhew himfcif openly, depends 
much upon ftratagem : taking upon himfelf 
the office of fpy, he filently reconnoitres the 
ports occupied by the adverfe party ; and, 
above all, thofe where their treafures are de- 
pofited. But the piercing eye of the Caffre 
foon difcovers his fecret motions ; and dart- 
ing upon the fpy like an arrow, he inftantly 
facrlfices him to his vengeance. 
By ftudying this nation, fo much afperfed, 
every day more and more, I began to enter- 
tain a no lefs favourable opinion of them 
than I did of that of the Hottentots ; and 
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