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tentots, who, they were convinced, had no 
communication with the whites or the other 
ilottentots, and who, on the contrary, lived 
in a feparate horde ; that, bcfides this, the 
precife fituation of their kraals was unknown 
to them^ but that, in any event, it was the 
furefl: and beft method of fccuring the com- 
mon fafety for them to remove and eftablifli 
themfelves fomewhere elfe. Haabas agreed 
to this propofal with the greater readinefs, 
as he placed little confidence in the fine 
fpeeches of the CafFres, fince not long before 
they had obliged him to enter into hoflilities 
with them : on this account, he faid, it was 
the mofl: prudent plan to take every precau- 
tion, and to avoid fuch a misfortune. Haa- 
bas had fo good an opinion of me, that he 
afls:ed my advice refpeding the new eftablifti- 
ment which he v/as about to form; and it was 
agreed that as foon as pofTible he fhould make 
for the mountains in the weft, and remove 
altogether from the country of CafFraria, 
which extends to the north-eaft. 
The banks of the Sondag were formerly 
thq boundaries of the Caffles, who had their 
principal habitations on the Bruyntjes- 
|-Joogte; fome faint veftiges of which ftill re- 
main. 
