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fear they entertained of the CafFres, fuch Iri my 
fecond was that infpired by the Houzouanas ; 
and I had no more hope of curing it in the 
prefent than in the former inftance. The fa- 
vage, fui'rounded by enemies :ind dangers, muft 
neceflarily be miftruftful and fufpicious. If, 
among the enemies he has to dread, thefe are 
fome who are truly formidable, his miftruft is 
converted into terror. The name alone of thefe 
will make him tremble ; he gives credit to the 
moft improbable talcs and (he maft ridiculous 
fables that may be told refpeding them ; and, 
being thus previoufly fubjedted by his timidity, 
he becomes an eafy conqueft. The firft fuc- 
cefsful expedition is fufficient to eftablifh the 
empire of one horde over all the reft. Such 
has been the fortune of the Houzouanas ; their 
name is tranfmitted with terror from mouth to 
mouth ; their renown is conveyed from dif- 
tridt to diftridl:, even to the Cape, where 
the moft abfurd relations are propagated con- 
cerning them. Their wandering life gives 
to thefe relations additional credit ; the im- 
pofTibility of knowing them doubles, in the 
eyes of the other favages, their real ftrength ; 
and they are believed to be numerous, becaufe 
M 2 they 
