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;tlier they came out of the wood, while I pro- 
ceeded to the kraal to rejoin the reft of my 
troop, having the herd driven before me. 
Either by the extreme fatigue of the forced 
march they had been compelled to make, or 
by wounds from the aflagays with which they 
had been driven on, almoft all the cattle were 
lamed. However, it was a happinefs to us to 
recover them in any condition. The Kaminou-^ 
' guas knew theirs, which were all complete in 
point of number, as aHo were mine, the ox ex- 
cepted which was drowned in the river, and 
jny war^ox. This fine animal had been killed 
for the feaft, and we found his head on the 
ground near the kraal. 
The cattle of the horde were In their en- 
clofure, fo that it was in my power to have 
avengeii myfelf according to the law of retar 
liation by taking them all away ; to which the 
people in their anger advifed me. Such con- 
duft, in their opinion, was perfeftly juil ; and 
the planters at the Cape never fail fo to aft 
on fimilar occafions. But this was not con- 
formable to my principles. As an indemnifi- 
cation for my lofs, I contented myfelf with a 
young cow, which had juft calved, and two 
fat fheep — lefs as an equivalent for what they 
had 
