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bringing them back with me, more and mora 
ihut my eyes againft any obftacle that might 
occur i and fuiFered me to fee only the poffi^ 
biUty of fuccefs : I was therefore impatient 
to arrive at this horde of Hottentots. 
Next morning, after a march of three hours, 
undertaken at the break of day, I at length dif- 
covered the habitation I fo much wifhed for, 
' As foon as thefe people perceived me, though 
at a great diftance, I faw them all affemble, and 
form themfelves into a group, before the houfej 
while their motions, confufion, and the atten^ 
tion with which they all at the fame inftant 
turned their eyes towards me, fufEciently 
fliewed that my appearance confiderably 
alarrned them, and that my convoy, above 
all, gave them great uneafmefs. I however 
advanced, and, accofting them with politenefs, 
made myfelf known, and told them my name, 
. I pretended that I was travelling under the 
protedion of the Dutch government, to which 
I was obliged to give an account of my dif- 
coveries. This conclufion of my difcourfe, 
which was very concife, feemed to imprefsthem 
with great awe; they then received me with 
every demonftration of joy, and teftified with 
4 |iow much pleafure they faw me. They con- 
feffed 
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