13^ TRAVELS IN 
employment which, fultedto his age, required 
but Httk fatigue. He was accuftomed to this 
inaaive kind of life ; for, when he had fwept 
my tent, and made my coffee or my tea, he 
conceived himfelf to have difcharged the du- 
ties of the whole day. 
In fuch a charaSer, I had Kttle reafon 
to expe(3i that adivity which would be re- 
quired to keep my camp in order during 
my long abfence. Befides, who could infure 
the life of an old man i And, even if he fhould 
only be fick, what caufe fhould I have for 
alarm refpeding the fruits of fo much labour ! 
In the midft of this perplexity, and thefe 
wavering determinations, occafioned by the 
uncertainty of the means to carry them into 
execution, I refolved to confult my faithful 
Klaas. When under embarraffing circum- 
ftances, this worthy Hottentot was generally 
my counfellor; and I always found that he 
pofTefTed a fhare of good fenfe equal to his at- 
tachment and courage. I, therefore, commu- 
nicated to him my refledions, my new plans>^ 
and told him the difficulties as well as the; 
hopes with which 1 forefaw they would be at- 
tended, 
. He 
