CHAP. XXVIL 
A MURDER—INSANITY— CAMEL-LEOPARD KILLED— CAF- 
FRE METHOD OF ATTACK— BUSHMEN ON YELLOW 
RIVER- GRIQUA AS RESOLVE TO ADOPT LAWS— LAWS 
APPROVED— RESOLVE TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY'S 
FUNDS— TO HAVE MONEY COINED. 
July 27th. Thermometer at noon, 54. 
Mr. JANZ related at breakfast concerning a 
wild Bushman whom he knew — That he and his 
brother had a dispute, which of them should obtain a 
certain woman for wife, to whom both were equally 
attached. His brother succeeded in obtaining her, 
but afterwards, when passing the hut in which the 
couple lay fast asleep, he strung his bow and shot a 
poisoned arrow through his brothers heart. When 
relating this story, he did it as if it had been a jocular 
affair. 
It is a remarkable fact, that insanity is a disease 
almost unknown among the natives of South Africa. 
May this be ascribed to their compleat exemption 
from the cares of life, both as it respects the present 
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