CAFFRARIA. 
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CHAP. IV. 
CAFFRE KING<-GROSVENOR INDIAMAN—GIKA ASKS 
RAIN—CAFFRE CHIEFS. 
GIK A, the present king of the CafFres, is not the son of his 
predecessor in government, Khauta,but the grandson of his un- 
cle, Palo ; so that the government is not absolutely hereditary, 
but according to the will of the reigning prince. Gika did 
not obtain the regal power without opposition ; for on the 
death of Khauta, his uncle Tzlambi, under whose tuition he 
had been brought up, could not think of submitting to the 
government of his pupil, and resolved to oppose the success- 
ion by force of arms. Tzlambi had several brothers, who 
were men of great power, and who joined him in this rebel- 
lion, as did also the sons of the deceased king. The CafFres, 
who at that time lived in what was anciently the Gonaqua 
country, lying betwixt the Sunday and Great Fish rivers, 
united with Tzlambi. Several battles were decided in favour 
of Gika; at length the opposing chiefs agreed to attack Gika 
from different directions on a certain day. Their reckoning 
deceived them, for half the powers attacked a day before the 
concerted time, and were completely overthrown; on which 
Gika, following up the advantage he had obtained, attacked 
his uncle Tzlambi, whom he defeated, and ruined his army. 
He kept Tzlambi a prisoner for two years, when he released 
him, and appointed him a captain, and he consults him in 
all matters of importance ; at the same time he keeps him as 
much as possible from possessing real power. Gika, though 
he has a son, has appointed the youngest son of his pre- 
decessor and benefactor to succeed him; and when this 
young man, Hietwza, comes of age, Gika intends to raise him 
to rule, foreseeing the confusion which that succession is 
likely to occasion after his death. 
The Caffre kings consider themselves men of great conse- 
quence. Gika, speaking of the Landdrost of Graaf Reynet, 
said, He is a chief madey I am a chief born, Gika's mother 
is queen of the Tambookies, the next nation beyond the 
Caffres, and through her he governs that people also. 
The king has no income from the people, except the breast 
of every ox or cow that is killed, which by them is con- 
