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were the only pair 1 had in my pofTeffion : I 
gave her to underftand that they were abfolute- 
ly neceffary to me, and from that moment 
fhe never more thought of them. She had 
the good fenfe not to be affronted at any 
of my refufals ; it was fufficient for me to 
fay no only once, to make her change her 
objed:. 
I found her name difficult to be pronounced, 
difagreeable to the ear, and very infignificant 
according to my ideas ; I therefore gave her 
a new one, and called her Narina^ which, in 
the Hottentot language, fignifies a flower. I 
begged her to retain this pretty name, which 
fuited her in many refpeds ; and this fhe pro- 
mifed to do as long as fhe lived, in remem- 
brance of my vifit to her country, and as a 
teftimony of my love, for fne was already no 
ftranger to this paffion ; and in her natural and 
affeding language fully fhewed how powerful 
the firft impreffion is, and that, in the bofom of 
the African defarts, one muft not even attempt 
to be happy. 
Having ordered a fheep to be killed, and a 
large quantity of our hippopotamus to be dref- 
fed to regale our guefts, they gave themfelves 
up to all the extravagance of joy. Every body 
6 danced ; 
