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RESIDENCE AT LATTAKOO. 
[1813. 
US that evening, to remove these suspicions by inform- 
ing them of the real object of our visit. 
In consequence of our invitation, nine of the prin- 
cipal men came into our tent a little after sun-set, and 
sat down upon the ground. Their countenances indi- 
cated the possession of good natural parts, and had 
they been dressed with wigs and gowns, like our Eng- 
lish judges, I think their appearance would have been 
highly respectable ; but their faces were painted red, 
and their hair covered with blue powder. 
Through three interpreters, viz. in the Dutch, 
Coranna, and Bootchuana languages, 1 informed 
them that I had come from a remote country, be- 
yond the sun, where the true God, who made all 
things, was known — that the people of that country 
had long ago sent some of their brethren to Klaar 
Water, and other parts of Africa, to tell them many 
things which they did not know, in order to do them 
good, and make them better and happier — that having 
heard since I came into these parts, to see how our 
friends were going on, that the Matchappees were a 
people friendly to strangers, I had come to Lattakoo to 
inquire if they were willing to receive teacliers — that 
if they were willing, then teachers should be sent to 
live among them. 
They replied, that they could give no answer to what 
I had said till Mateebe should arrive from his jackal 
