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inhabited the country of Camdebo, the fnowy 
mountains, and the diftrift that feparates thefe 
mountains from CafFraria. Become neigh- 
bours to the colony, in confequence of its* 
extending itfelf towards them, they at firfl: 
lived on peaceable terms with the planters;; 
and, as they difplaycd more intelligence and 
greater adivity than the Hottentots, they were 
even employed in preference to afTift in cul- 
tivating the land and in forming the fettle- 
ment. This good underftanding and harmony 
were, however, foon interrupted by that mul- 
titude of lawlefs banditti fent from Holland ta 
people the country. 
Thefe worthlefs profligates wifhed to enjoy 
the fruits of the land without the trouble of 
tilling it. Educated, befides, with all the pre- 
judices of the whites, they imagined that men 
of a different colour were born only to be their 
flaves. They accordingly fubjedled them to 
bondage, condemned them to the mo ft la- 
borious fervlces, and repaid thefe fervices with 
harfh and fevere treatment. The Houzouanas, 
incenfed at fuch arbitrary and tyrannical con- 
duft, refufed any longer to work for them, and 
retired to the defiles of their mountains. The 
planters' 
