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To underftand this requeft the reader muft 
know, that I impofed on myfelf very fevere laws 
in the diftribution of my fire-arms. They 
were not given to all my people indifcrimi* 
nately. On the contrary, I had granted this 
favour to thofe alone with whofe charadler I 
was thoroughly acquainted, and who had fig- 
nalized themfelves as much by their fidelity, 
as by their courage and addrefs; and thefe I 
farther diftinguifhed by the name of hunters. 
Every month I gave them alfo a ducatoon (a 
piece of coin of about nine livres) as pay ; while 
the reft received only a rix- dollar, which is 
one third lefs. This pay, to men who had no 
need, during our journey, to be at any ex- 
pence, added to other little profits which it was 
my intention one day to beftow upon them, 
could not but afford them the hopes of con- 
fiderable enjoyment when my excurfion Ihould 
be completed, and they iliould return to the 
Cape. 
I promifed to Jonker what Klaas had alked 
for him ; that is to fay, to give him, on my 
return to our camp at Krekenap, a fufee, with 
complete accoutrements and ammunition. I 
even conferred on him another favour ; that of 
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