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the Dutch nation with thofe fangu'inary and 
perfidious planters ; that he ought alfo to en- 
quire whether the people I had in my fer- 
vice were unhappy, or had any caufe to 
complain ; and that all of them were their 
own mafters, and might quit me whenever 
they chofe. Notwithftanding all thefe ar- 
guments, this young man continued in his 
refolution with aftonifhing firmnefs and ob- 
ftinacy ; fo that, finding them in vain, I put 
an end to my folicitations. 
Our frequent hunting excurfions, and the 
petty altercations that arofe in my camp, had 
confiderably interrupted my eafy and familiar 
converfation with the CafFres ; but they did 
not make m.e entirely forget to procure in- 
formation. I returned to this fubjedl from 
time to time, and they gratified my curiofity * 
with that cordiality with which a grateful 
fenfe of my kindnefs had infpired them. 
The news of their intended departure made 
me ftill more eager to afic them queftions : 
above all, I had not yet forgotten the unhappy 
people who had been (hipwrecked ; but they 
could not make me acquainted with all thofe 
particulars which I was defirous of learning. 
They knew only that fuch a misfortune had 
happened ; 
