TRAVELS IN 
mean that of the Houzouanas. Being ndgh- 
hours to the Be fhmen on the eail, they are 
often confounded with thefe people ; but ihey 
differ from them in their dif, ofition, language, 
and manners : they are, bcfides, a wandering 
tribe; and, proceeding in their emigrations 
from the one fea to the other, they {hut up, as 
one may fay, that part of Africa, and form a 
barrier acrofs its whole breadth. 
A people fo different from all thofe I had 
feen deferved to be known. My deiign was 
to fecure their friendfhip, which was become 
abfolutely neceifary, either if, after returning 
to my camp, I fhould wilh to refume my 
journey, or if I proceeded back to the Cape 
to begin it again. 
I w^as told that I could not penetrate inta 
their country without traverfing thofe of other 
nations. Many of the men belonging to Ha- 
ripa's horde propofed, however, to accompany 
me ; and I accepted their offer, becaufe I fhould 
have occafion for guides ; but I would take 
only four, and I confequently fent back fuch 
of the Greater Nimiquas as had hitherto at- 
tended me. Haripa came with great ceremony 
to bid me farewel. Having wiflied him a nu- 
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