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JOURNEY TO LATTAKOO. 
[1815. 
and take up their residence in the Coranna country as 
long as they please, without being considered intruders ; 
and the Corannas do the same in the Bushman country, 
or in any of the other countries. In this way there 
is both a mixture of blood and of languages among 
the inhabitants of these regions. 
At sun-set we passed Little Kosie Fountain, and at 
six P.M. halted at the Great Kosie, in a small wood 
of camel-thorn trees. Kosie is a Bootchuana word, 
which signifies rich, and perhaps is applied to this 
fountain^ from their always finding water in it. It 
was at this fountain that the two Bergovers were 
first attacked by the Bushmen, and that the first 
was slain ; and the last time Kok's uncle was here, 
notwithstanding the vigilance of his people, knowing by 
the barking of the dogs that Bushmen were near, one 
of his oxen was carried off at the very time that he 
and his people were yoking the rest. Except the kraal 
we visited at Unfortunate Fountain, we had not seen 
one inhabitant of the country since leaving Klaar 
Water, and this was the fifth day. 
In the wood are two forsaken Coranna huts, com- 
posed of branches of trees and reeds, the shape of half 
a globe without a front ; but by means of the trees the 
inhabitants would be tolerably sheltered from the 
weather in them. In the front they have a fire during 
night to keep their feet warm while asleep, and to 
protect from the intrusions of wild beasts. About 
ten at night a wolf came near us, but after a few 
