AFRICA. Ill 
tiers of ceremony and conftraint, where lan- 
guor generally prefides, the difgufl: which they 
occafion conveys me fuddenly back to the 
gentle noife of our haltings, and prefents to 
my imagination the moft lively and variegated 
pidure of my good Hottentots employed in 
preparing a dinner for their friend. 
My kitchen utenfils were far from being 
confiderable. I had a gridiron, a frying pan, 
two large kettles, a cauldron, a few china 
plates and difhes, coffee-pots, tea-pots, cups, 
bowls, and fome boilers. Thefe were almoft 
all the articles which compofed my houfehold 
furniture. 
Befides thefe, for my ovm perfon, I had pro- 
vided myfelf with linen of every kind, a large 
flock of white and candied fugar, coffee, tea, 
and a few pounds of chocolate. 
As I conceived it would be neceffary for me 
to fupply the Hottentots who accompanied 
me with tobacco and ftrong liquors, I pro- 
cured an ample abundance of the firft article, 
and three calks of the latter. I carried with 
me alfo a large quantity of glafs ware, toys, 
and other curiofities, to exchange with the na- 
tives as occafion might require, or to gain their 
I 2 friendfhip. 
