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things that. would do good to him and his people, 
especially concerning the Being who made him, and 
his people ; the sun, moon, mountains, trees, &c. and 
that if he consented, we should send, from a distant 
land, two persons who would teach his people these 
things. His reply was short, but comprehensive, 
viz. I shall be very glad if any person will come to 
my country, to tell me and my people what we do 
not know." He added, " I have many people over 
there," pointing to the eastward. " We are peaceable 
Bushmen; so was my father, and his father, they 
never stole any thing from their neighbours," and, 
apparently, to encourage us to send teachers, he said, 
" We have plenty of game and of water." Some of 
their faces were frightfully smeared with red paint, 
perhaps hastily put on to terrify us, had we proved 
enemies. 
Here we halted, near the river, about half past 
nine A.M. This river is called Malalareen by the 
Bootchuanas, Hhou by the Corannas, and by others, 
the Heart. It was a singular providence that we were 
led to the very spot where the chief of all the Bushmen 
on that river happened to be ; for had we crossed the 
hill only half a mile higher up, we could not have 
discovered the Kraal, and consequently should not 
have effected the object of our visit to that hitherto 
unknown region. The thing was of the Lord, and 
augurs well in favour of these poor Bushmen. Ma- 
koon is evidently a clever man, but he appeared to us to 
be possessed of nothing but the skin cloak that covered 
