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and fled towards the kraal, driving their cattle 
before them as faft as poffible. 
This did not aftonifh me, and was what I 
expeded ; fince, independently of our num-^ 
ber, our appearance aifo was terrifying. — » 
Though it was the month of March, and the 
heat began to abate, it was yet fufEcient to in- 
commode us, fo that we continued to wear 
thofe umbrellas of which I have fpoken above, 
and which, from their unufual figure, mud 
have rendered us fo many fcarecrows. 
I dispatched my guides after the fugitives, 
to remove their apprehenfions, and flop them, 
before they communicated the alarm to the 
horde. Accordingly they waited for me, tefti- 
fied their friendfliip, and went to acquaint 
their comrades with my arrival. Several of 
my people went with them, and 1 fhortly fol- 
lowed ; but I (topped and encamped at fome 
diftance from the kraal ; for I had not yet for- 
gotten the noify nights fpent at the preceding 
horde, and was defirous of being permitted to 
fleep at this in quiet. 
Men, w^omen, and children, came all to fee 
^le. The favage knows fcarcely more than 
i^wo fentiments toward ftrangers— either ex- 
treme 
