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The difFerept chiefs then return to make 
them known to thofe who are under them. 
The arms of the CafFres, a plain lance or 
aflagay, announces fpmething grand and in- 
trepid in their charafter, They defpife 
poifoned arrows, which are fo much ufed 
among their neighbours, and confider thern 
as unworthy of their courage. They always 
feek to meet their enemy face to face, and 
they never can throw their aflagays until 
they are in the open fields. The Hotten- 
tot, on the contrary, concealed under a rock 
or behind a bufh, deals out deftrudlion with- 
out being expofed to danger. The one is 
a perfidious tiger, which ruflies treacheroufly 
on his prey ; and the other is a generous lion, 
wliich haying given warning of his approach, 
makes his attack boldly, and periflies if he 
does not get the better of his antagonift. 
The inequality of his arms is not capable of 
making him hefitate a moment, for his cou- 
rage and fpirit fupply every deficiency. In 
the time of war, indeed, he carries a buckler 
of about three feet in height, made of the 
thickeft part of a buffaloes hide, which is 
fufficient to defend him from arrows, and 
even aflagays, but not from a ball. The 
CafFre 
