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said they would only remove, for the present, to Latta- 
koo river, which is over the hill about two miles south 
of where the city now stands, and there they would 
remain until the missionaries came, and would consult 
with them about their greater removal. He then 
asked for a neckcloth ; we presented him with two — 
one he put round his neck, and the other over his head 
as a night cap, which compleatly distinguished him 
from all his subjects — but they were soon nearly red 
with the paint with which his body was covered. 
As Mr. Anderson had invited the poor woman and 
her two starving children to Klaar Water, because no 
creature at Lattakoo would assist her, we asked Ma- 
teebe's permission. " O yes," said he, " you may 
take them." 
I wished to find my young friend Sehoiya, and on 
calling out her name, it was repeated by the children 
as loud as they could bawl, which soon brought her, 
when I presented her with about a yard of gilt chain, 
with which she ran off to shew it to her parents. 
As they had neither fowls, nor ducks, nor geese, 
the introduction of these would greatly assist them — 
as also of potatoes, onions, cabbages, beans. Oak trees, 
which grow well in the colony, might also be planted, and 
afford a pleasing shelter from the sun's rays in summer. 
Our waggons moved to the outside of the square as 
our oxen were yoked to them, amidst the shouts of 
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