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Dr. Cowan, red and striped. He advised him to treat 
white people as he did, and he would get such things 
also. 
About the going down of the sun we heard an 
uproar in front of Mateebe s house ; the greatest scuffle 
in the streets of London deserves to be called stillness 
compared to it. We understood it was only a frolic. 
They continued outside the square till our worship was 
over, whether purposely or not I cannot tell, but then 
they sallied in and danced, sang, clapped hands, roared, 
and played on some instruments till about nine o'clock, 
when they suddenly retired. Mateebe, Munaneets, and 
Mateere, the three principal men in Lattakoo, attended 
our evening worship. The two latter came to our 
tent afterwards, the former of these (Munaneets,) all 
of us were attached to. There was something ap- 
parently mild, amiable, sincere, and friendly in his 
deportment. He told us he had much grief at the 
returning of the three men he sent in search of Ma- 
teebe without finding him ; he determined to trust no 
other, and that was the reason why he went himself. 
He also wished to prepare the mind of Mateebe to 
accede to our wishes. He promised to visit Klaar 
Water next moon, to hear more of these things. 
After the arrival of Mateebe, Salakootoo his uncle, 
a noisy, impudent and forward man, hardly ever ap- 
peared in the square; before, he was constantly visit- 
ing and teazing us for something. Whether he was in 
disgrace for his frequent robberies or not, I do not 
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