to CAPE-TOWN. [1812^ 
was decent, though there were exceptions. Some 
being asked, what they should do if their teachers were 
to return to Europe, said, they would follow them — 
others, that they should not be able to live. We 
observed one young Hottentot weeping — being asked 
the reason, she said, she could not but weep when she 
thought of people coming from such a far country to 
see poor Hottentots. In the cool of the evening I 
visited Mr. Smit's carpenters shop ; M^hen standing 
before it, he pointed to a spot on a neighbouring hill, 
where twelve months ago about forty of them had gone 
to hunt wolves, which had committed various depre- 
dations among the sheep. While searching for them^ 
a tyger sprang from a bush and seized one of the 
Hottentots by the forehead. " I could not leave the 
Hottentot to be killed," said he, " therefore I went 
with my gun to shoot the tyger — on observing mey 
he left the Hottentot and attacked me — my gun was 
useless, for he caught my arm in his mouth in a 
moment, having directed my elbow towards him to 
defend my face. I held his throat down with my 
other hand, with my knee on his belly, and called 
out to the Hottentots to come to my assistance. 
When they heard I was in danger, they ventured 
their lives to save mine: they came running, and 
one of them shot him dead; and we brought home 
his skin." His teeth went to the verv bone of 
Mr. Smit's arm, and it was a long time before 
he recovered. We saw the Hottentot who was first 
attacked, he carries the mark of the tyger's tusks in 
his forehead; and will do so all his days. We drank 
