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JOURNEY TO LATTAKOO. 
as the oxen were become so timid. On our kindling 
a fire, the two strangers sat down near it. One of 
them in a lively manner asked many questions of some 
of our Griquaas. When any thing spoken pleased 
him much, he repeated the principal word in the 
sentence five or six times with a loud voice, which I 
understood was designed to shew that he was attending 
to what was spoken, and likewise pleased with the in- 
formation. When he saw Adam Kok was with us, 
whom he knew, and heard we were going on a visit 
to Lattakoo to do them good, he said he was glad 
that he followed the footsteps of his father, who had 
been their friend. He likewise expressed much satis- 
faction that we had not visited Leyse's Place, (which 
is a considerable town on the Krooman River, which 
we had left behind,) before we had visited Mateebe, 
at Lattakoo, as at present he was not on very friendly 
terms with Leyse. They are dark copper coloured, 
tall and well shaped. 
The paths in the Coranna district, and in this 
country are all narrow, because the people walk, as wild 
geese fly, one immediately behind the other. About 
nine A.M. the strangers moved quietly from our fire, 
and as we supposed, went to another of our company; 
but we learned afterwards they had gone off. 
22d. Thermometer at sun-rise, (seven A.M.) 28. 
At which time our Matchappee friends rejoined us, 
having been with some comrades during the night. 
