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had already forgotten thcfe proteftatlons of 
zeal, and thofe folemn promifes which they 
were fo eager to make before my departure 
from Cape Orange ; and the fymptoms of dif- 
content which they began to Ihow rendered 
me exceedingly unhappy. 
To this caufe of uneafmefs was added ano- 
ther. On approaching the kraal, the remainder 
of the horde (thofe, I mean, who were not in 
my company) came to meet me, but in a tu- 
multuous manner, and without a leader. Their 
chief had died a little before ; and, fince that 
€vent, anarchy, diforder, and confufion had 
prevailed among them. They had aflembled, 
indeed, to ele£t a fuccelTor to the deceafed j but, 
the perfon chofen having refufed to accept the 
office, the horde had divided Into two parties, 
one confifting of the men and the other of the 
women, each of whom had named a chief, fo 
that they had three at once, none of whom, 
however, pofTefled fufficient authority to ter- 
minate their diffenfion. The refult of this 
triple eledion was continual difputes and 
wrangling. Battles, in which much blood was 
Ihed, took place every day ; and thefe combats 
tended ftill more to increafe their animofity. 
Scarcely 
