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once, that the Bofhmen in genera! are vaga- 
bonds of every nation, who affociate together 
to rob and plunder all travellers indifcrimi- 
nately. 
Before we retired to fieep, I ordered that 
fonie one lliould keep watch till niidniglitj and 
then that another ihoiild take his place till 
break of daj. Klaas took the firfL w^atch, and 
was reliL-ved by anotlier, who probably fell 
afleep, f6r towards day one of my people cried 
to arms, and awakened us in haPie. He was 
ftruggling with one of the Lefs Nimiquas, who 
attempted to take from him his fufee : but 
we no fooner appeared, than the Nimiqua let 
go his hold, and ran off witli fpeed. His com- 
rade was already gone. The Hottentot we 
^ flopped. I ordered his hands to be tied be- 
hind him, and his legs to be bound, fo that 
he could not run away and efcape from us. 
While we were thus fettering him, he call- 
ed to his two comrades with all his might ; 
but they took care not to return. He pro- 
tefted his innocence, and declared he had 
no concern in the plot either of running 
away or robbing us of our fire-arms. We pre- 
tended to believe him ; but in the mean time 
C c 3 I did 
