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CAPE-TOWN. 
[1812. 
When, on inquiry, he found they had received these 
clothes from the Dutch, who were of a different 
nation from them, he was still more surprised, and 
looking to his attendants, who stood in a row behind, 
said, " Mark this : these do not belong to the same 
nation with the French, yet you see they give them 
clothes ; learn to do so too." A house and attend- 
ants w^ere provided for them all by the king, where 
they lived very comfortably for five months. 
On another occasion, when Mr. O. was with thei 
second king alone, while viewing from his window a 
great storm at sea, he said to Mr. O. " I heard from 
my grandfather, and from my uncle, that all these 
things were made — did you ever hear that?" Made, 
said Mr. O. to try him, do you mean that the sea 
made itself? " No, no; I do not mean that : I mean 
made by its maker." O yes, said Mr. Oncruydt, 
all white people know that. Then he said, " I have 
told you who told me, now tell me how you know it/' 
On which he informed him of the Bible. 
Many of the natives can speak a little English. 
They smelt iron, copper, and silver, and make various 
articles from tliem. They also manufacture, in a rough 
way, articles of pottery. They not only raise a suf- 
ficient quantity of rice to support themselves, but sell 
considerable quantities to ships which touch there. 
The heat is great from nine in the morning to 
three in the afternoon ; but the other parts of the day 
