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dispatched part of their company by another way, 
who coming behind the boors, surrounded them* 
They called for quarter, and obtained it, when they 
came to an agreement, that the boors should return 
home, and not further molest them ; upon which the 
CafFres restored to them their arms, and bid them 
depart ; but the perfidious boors having secretly sent 
off a person to hasten the march of those behind, they 
came up, when all the boors fell upon the unsuspecting 
Caffres, and are said to have destroyed them all. 
Departed from Addo hill about five P.M. and at 
eight o'clock halted near a clump of trees in an open 
country. The trees were low evergreens, so thick 
that they were impenetrable, except at about three 
places, two of which appeared to be made by the wild 
beasts; the other was a kind of house, cut out pro- 
bably by the Caffres. This green-house afforded very 
comfortable shelter during the night from the wind, 
which blew cold. In the middle of this green-house, 
a large fire was speedily kindled, which our company 
surrounded, when Mr. Ulbricht, by the assistance of 
fire and candle, read a chapter of scripture, and 
addressed us from it ; after which we engaged in 
prayer and praise, as was our custom during the 
journey. A painting of the various countenances of 
the company, and the curious postures in which they 
sat, as discovered by the fire-light, would have been 
highly gratifying to friends in England. Worship 
being over, the company dispersed to five separate 
