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creafed the pleafure they feemed to experlericl 
at feeing me again. In the midft of their 
kindnefs and carefTes, Klaas came alfo to pay 
his refpeds to me. I had appointed him a 
meeting at the houfe of Slaber, where he had 
arrived the evening before with fome Hotten- 
tots, his comrades, trufty perfons, whom he 
had fele£led to accompany me, and whom he 
accordingly introduced. The. daughters of 
Slaber thanked me, v/ith the tendered affedion, 
for the relief I had afforded to the fufferings 
of their father, and, to complete his cure, they 
befought me to fpend fome time with him* 
In vain did I reprefent the embarraffment into 
which they would be thrown by the numerous 
train that followed me : they redoubled their 
entreaties, and urged me with fuch terms of 
friendfhip, that I was obliged at length to 
comply. How, indeed, could I refift thefe 
charming daughters, who, foliclting in behalf 
of their father, afked, as a favour, what I ought 
to have confidered as a kindnefs to myfelf ? 
At the Cape, the European manners have 
introduced into fociety the different games 
that are common in Europe : but thefe games 
are unknown in the colonicsj notwithftanding 
the 
