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minlllied at my return. I could not avoid 
teftifying my difpleafure at this circumftance 
to Swanepoel himfelf, as I fufpecled him of 
having yielded to the temptation and con- 
fumed it unneceflarily. 
The traders thanked me for the readinefs of 
my compliance^ as well as for the fervices I 
propofed to render them. The conditions I 
found my felf obliged to impofe were indeed 
too reafonable for them to make any ob- 
jedion ; and fo far from requiring tobacco of 
me, they had ftill fevcral rolls remaining of 
fifteen or twenty pound& each, befide what 
was neceflary for themfelves, which they 
offered to fpare me. This offer I accepted, 
promifmg to pay them, as foon as we reached 
the pofTefKons of the Dutch, either In money 
or In kind, as they fhould like beft. 
Nothing yet informed me when I might 
exped to depart. My people, with all their 
exertions, could not accomplifh the breaking 
In of my oxen ; and the delay thus occafioned, 
which was pure wafte of time, mortified me ex- 
tremely : however, I attempted to make at leafl 
fome advantage of it, by looking over my col- 
ledlon, and putting it in order for conveyance. 
The 
