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nal for thofe, who on account of their differ- 
ent occupations might be obliged to go to too 
great a diftance from the common center, to 
rejoin the main body. 
When we had taken thefe precautions, and 
given proper inftrudions for their being ob- 
ferved, I mounted my horfe ; and, followed by 
two of my people well armed, made a ftri£l 
fearch every where around, to difcover whe- 
ther any of the Caffres were ranging in the 
neighbourhood, ready to fire upon the firft 
that I might fee concealed with a view to 
fuijirife us, in cafe I fhould find it impofiible 
to take him prifoner. Not one however ap- 
peared. Having advanced a little farther after 
dinner, I perceived that the river, as far as its 
mouth, was bordered with prickly trees; that 
the ground near it was fandy, and covered with 
underwood ; and that its environs abounded 
with game, fome of v/hich I killed for provi« 
lion. As we faw no appearance that could 
give us any uneafinefs, I v/as convinced we 
had then nothing to fear from thefe Caffres, 
faid to be fo terrible. I ordered my camp to 
be moved next morning, and we quitted the 
Swaar-Kops. The horde of Hottentots, terri- 
fied' merely by the name of thefe cruel aveng- 
