^4 T R A V E L S I N 
that had been told them refpeding me bbrd 
the charad:er of the moft enthufiaftic exagge-i 
ration ; and their imaginations had ftill height-- 
ened the extravagance of thefe accounts. — - 
The white man, his fufees, his equipage, ob- 
jeds none of which they had ever before feen^ 
awakened their curio fity ; and the delay of 
my arrival was a kind of torment to them. 
As foon as they perceived my company^ 
the whole horde quitted the kraal, and ran 
with eagernefs to meet me. I experienced 
here, along with an additional degree of 
trouble and importunity, all that tumultuous 
adivity, which I had before, more than ortce, 
experienced in the new hordes of favages 
which I vifited. I was furrounded by men. 
aild women indifcriminately, who thronged 
about me to examine iny perfon. Not being 
able to believe their eyes in regard to what 
they faw, they endeavoured to obtain more 
fatisfadion by touching me. They felt my 
hair, hands, and almoft every part of my body. 
My beard, above all, aftoniflied them to an in-^ 
conceivable degree. More than thirty perfons 
came in fucceffion, and half unbuttoned my 
clothes. 
They 
