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Ihey would never venture to pafs alone. They 
were compelled, therefore, to remain under 
my protedion, and by their exceffive cow- 
ardice were reduced to .the neceffity of fufFer- 
ing themfelves to be conducted wherever I 
might choofe to lead them. The cafe was 
precifely the f^me with all their companions. 
Each band, however, came to notify their 
departure ; but, when they ought to have fe- 
parated from me, none of them durft move^ 
So great was their terror, that had they even 
been advanced on their journey, leaving the 
Houzouanas behind them, they would ftill 
have been afraid of being attacked by thefe 
people. 
My Gape Hottentots, though equally cow- 
ardly, concealed their timidity with more art : 
but refpeding them I had other caufes of un- 
eafmefs. Accuftomed to an indolent life in 
the colonies, and continually regretting the 
lofs of certain conveniences of which they 
found themfelves deprived, they were by no 
Ineans calculated for enduring fatigues fimilar 
to thofe which it was neceffary for us to fup- 
port. Their health was afFeded by the dif- 
ference of the climate into which they had 
I 4 been 
