17^ TRAVELSIN 
power to fo valuable neighbours. The colony 
iiifenfibly iocreafing, and acquiring more 
ftrength, that formidable power which dic- 
tated lavvTs to all this part of Africa, and 
removed to a great difcance every thing that 
attempted to oppofe its eager ambition^ was 
feen to rife on foundations that could no 
longer be fhaken. The fame of its profperity 
was foon fpread, and drew thither every day 
a number of new fettlers. It may be eafily 
judged that, according to the ufual pradtice, 
founded upon a logic which deftroys the laws 
of property, fo facred and fo refpedtable, the 
will of the ftronger party was a fufficient title 
for it to extend its poffeffions. The Dutch 
feizi.ed indifcriminately at feveral times, and 
even without having occafion for them, on 
all the lands which government, or individuals 
favoured by government, thought proper or 
found convenient. 
The Hottentots, thus confined, preffed, and 
haralFed on all fides, divided themfelves, and 
purfued plans entirely oppofite. Thofe who 
were ftill interefted in the prefervation of their 
flocks, penetrated among the mountains to- 
wards the north and north-eaft; but thefe were 
the fewer number. The reft, ruined by a few 
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