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himfelf and his wife, and with fb much impor- 
tunity, fuch extreme k ndnefs and fincerity, that 
it was impoiTible not to accept it. Eefidse, in- 
depenJently of perfonal obligations, and the 
fervices he had rendered me from the moment 
of my arrival at the Cape, he had a tafte hke 
myfelf for natural hiftory, and I v/as attached 
to him by tlus circumflance, as well as by the 
ties of gratitude and fricndfhip. I refolved, 
however, not to avail myfelf immediately of 
this obliging invitation, and I requefted that 
he would fuffer me to remain in my prefent 
apartments till after the lale of Eoen-.'s effeds : 
for the houfe was fcill completely furnifhed, as 
he had taken vnth him fuch things only as his 
voyage rendered abfolutely neceffary. 
When the fale at length took place, it proved, 
beyond any thing that had preceded it, the 
general efteem which the ex-fifcal had enjoyed 
at the Cape. The defire which every body 
felt of poffeflmg fome portion of his efFeds, 
raifed them to a price greatly above their value. 
Among his friends there was even a warm con- 
tention who ihould have fuch articles of the 
furniture as had been particularly appropriated 
to his perfonal ufe. All confidered it as a duty 
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