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BUSHMEN'S COUNTRY. 
be quite certain that it was herself she saw in the 
glass, turned round her babe that was tied to her 
back, and on seeing it also, she seemed satisfied. 
They were clothed in sheepskins. At ten A.M. two 
lions appeared at a little distance, which were first 
noticed by the Bushmen, who are much afraid of 
them; we dispatched a party to drive them away, 
which they elFected. They told us that some time ago, 
a lion came and dragged a man out of his house, and 
then devoured him. 
These strangers sat the whole time they were with 
us, without once rising. They were employed in cook- 
ing and eating meat till we separated. Our Hottentots 
remarked, that Bushmen would eat constantly for 
three days, and then fast three days. When our 
waggons set off, the young man rose up from the fire 
around which his friends were sitting, without taking 
the smallest notice of them, or bidding them farewell ; 
indeed, one would have thought by tlie manner of his 
departure, that he intended to return in five minutes. 
I did not think he was gone till one of our people told 
me he was in the first waggon that had moved. Before 
parting, I took their child in my arms for some time, 
stroked it and restored it to the rightful owner. Not 
one of them had a name except the father, whom they . 
called Old Boy in their language. I advised the 
woman to wash her face, which was extremely dirty ; 
but by a significant shake of her head, she expressed 
aversion to such an operation ; upon which our Hot- 
tentots by way of apology for her, said, that Bushmen 
