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perhaps only offended at the cool manner 111 
which 1 feemed to receive their addrcfies. 
I will not enlarge farther on thefe details, as 
I conceive I have faid enough to fhcw how far 
thefe people differ from their neighbours, when 
there is no other communication between 
them but that eftablifhed by bloody wars and 
continual enmity. 
The eighth, that happy day which was to 
bring us nearer the Cape, at length appeared, 
upon which I made a general review of my 
carriages, equipage, and oxen, &c. I had ar- 
ranged my new coUedlions, and furveyed thofe 
which I procured before ; the balls and fhot 
neceffary for our hunting excurfions were cafl; 
my oxen, which for a long time had enjoyed 
refl, and abundance of excellent paflure, were 
full and in good condition : in a word, I was 
ready to depart; but I allowed two days more 
to take leave of our worthy neighbours, and 
to amufe ourfelves with them. 
When the news of my refolution were 
fpread abroad, I foon faw the whole horde ar- 
riving, both men and women, in cluflers, 
Haabas was at their head, while all who 
could walk followed him, and ran up to bid 
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