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^it once, that he came to complain either ct 
his fubjeds or of his neighbours. I was mif- 
taken in one point only. He complained of 
both* 
The planters agalnlt whom he brought ac* 
cufations were Van der Wefthuyfen, the father 
of Klaas Bafter, with whom I had lodged on 
my journey, and Engelbrecht, his brother-in-^ 
law. The cattle-keepers of the horde had 
negligently fuffered fome of their beafts to ef- 
cape; and thefe beafts having rambled into 
the territories of Van der Wefthuyfen, he and 
his daughtef, of whom I have fpoken elfe« 
where, had fliot at and killed them. 
In this violent and unjufl: proceeding, Iper« 
feclly reccgnifed the fpirit of the planters : 
though, in this inftance, it muft be confeffed^ 
the keepers had been guilty of the firft fault* 
Nafeep, which was the name of the imbecile 
chief, taking upon himfelf to reprove the 
keepers, they had fnatched from him, in their 
rage, his ftaft' of authority, and, feverely beating 
him, had broken it about his fiioulders. Such 
is the refpect which the hordes under the do- 
minion of the Dutch government pay to the 
captains that are appointed to rule over them. 
