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who feemcd, on account of it, to like them the 
better ; and I am perfuaded, that to the other 
Houzouana women of the country they would 
become objeds of admiration and envy. De-. 
lightful amufement ! Enchanting moments ! 
In what a world, and under what laws, mufl 
I regret your lofa ! 
I could have wiflied to reclaim the Hottentot 
from the wandering life he had embraced ; 
which I urged him to quit, offering to condud 
him back to the plantations with me : but he 
fteadily refufed to comply with my folicita- 
tions. He had a wife and two young children, 
from whom he could not part ; and this motive 
rendered his determination refpedable in my 
eyes. In that country the fentiments of nature 
are not learned from books, nor is it necefTary 
to write a volume in order to fhow what is right 
and what is wrong. When we parted, the people 
of the horde prefTed my hand, and even my 
cowards joined in the ceremony. Yet I per- 
ceived, on more faces than one, an expreffion 
of pleafure at being delivered from the burden 
of fear ; and that fo many fervices, and fo 
much friendfhip and confidence, had not been 
^ble totally to eradicate prejudige from every 
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