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ployed the remainder of the time till the mo- 
ment of our departure, without fufferiiig him 
to reft during the night even, in putting quef- 
tions to him and hearing his replies. 
Next morning I proceeded, as I had announ- 
ced, to pitch my tent on the banks of the rivu- 
let. In my way thither, I flill obferved that 
faline fubftance of which I have already 
fpoken ; but on the mountain it no longer 
exifted, and I could difcover no traces of it. 
The return of the Hottentot freed the 
Houzouanas from their fear; and the accounts 
which he gave of my behaviour infpired 
them with the utmoft confidence. Scarcely 
had 1 arranged my camp, when they all came 
in a friendly manner to vifit me. You w^ould 
have fuppofed that we had been long united by 
reciprocal fentiments of fraternity ; but it was 
not thus with my people. The name Hou- 
zouana had ftruck their minds with fo much 
dread, their prejudices were fo deeply rooted, 
that they could not look at them without a 
panic ; and, till the moment of our departure, 
they continued to behold them with the fame 
horror. 
What, during my firft journey, had been the 
fear 
