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republic, and the puerile eledion of the fyndic 
of a village, proceeding from the fame princi- 
ple, are equally fimilar In their effeds. 
Such in general are the Hottentots known 
under the name of the Hottentots of the Cape, 
or Hottentots of the colonies : but we muft 
not confound with them the favage Hotten- 
tots, who by way of derifion are called the 
Jackal-Hottentots ; and who, far removed from 
the arbitrary Dutch government, ftlll preferve 
in the defart which they inhabit all the puri- 
ty of their primitive manners. 
I was now arrived at that point in my 
journey, where having no more intercourfe 
with the former, whom I had left behind rne, 
I found myfelf in the middle of the latter ; 
but it is not neceffary that I fhould here enter 
particularly into all the different marks by 
vv^hich they are dlflinguifhed. To convey 
fome idea of the charafter of the favage Hot- 
tentots, and of what I had to exped: from 
them, it wull be fufficient to offer one remark, 
which is a truth confirmed by experience. In 
all countries wherever the favages are abfo- 
lutely feparated from civilized nations, and 
live fequeilered, their manners are mild ; but 
they change and become corrupted the neirer 
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