tt6 , TRAVELS 
iio trace of religion, nothing even that a^* 
proached the idea of an avenging and reward-^ 
ing fpirit. I lived long enough with them^ 
and among them^ in the bofom of their peace- 
ful defarts ; with thefe hardy people I have 
undertaken journeys to very remote parts of 
the country : but in no place did I perceive 
^ny thing tefembling religion, any trace of 
what he tells us refpeding their legiflation and 
their funerals, or of what they pradlife at the 
birth of their male children j and nothing, in 
fhort, of what he is pleafed to relate concern- 
ing the ridiculous and difgufting ceremony of 
their marriages. 
The refidence of this man at the Cape Is not 
yet forgotten. It is well known that he never 
quitted the town 3 and yet he fpeaks with all 
the affurance of an eye witnefs. It cannot how- 
ever be doubted, that, after an abode of ten 
years, having failed to accomplifli what he was 
commiffioned to do, he found it much eafier 
and more convenient to collect all the tiplers 
of the colony ; who, treating him w^ith deri- 
fion, whllft they were drinking his wine, dic- 
tated memoirs to him from tavern to tavern ; 
tried who could relate to him the moft abfurd 
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