CAFFRARIA. 
sidered the most delicate part of the animal. When many of 
the king's cattle happen to die, he goes to the Kraals of his 
chiefs, and selects what cattle he pleases — they allow him to 
take them away, but they endeavour to steal them back as 
soon as possible. 
None of the people dare kill any of their cattle till they 
first obtain a licence from their chief ; of course the slaugh- 
ter must come to the knowledge of the king, and it is thereby 
rendered more difficult to cheat him. On this account also 
the Kraals are all glad to entertain a stranger, not so much 
from love to the stranger, as themselves, that they may have 
an opportunity of killing one of their cattle, which is always 
permitted on such an occasion. 
A boor, whom I met at one of our missionary stations, told 
me, that he accompanied the Landdrost of Graaf Reynet 
(who was I think Mr. Stockenstrom) into CafFraria, together 
with many others, to enquire, at the request of the English 
Government, whether any of the persons who were cast 
ashore from the Grosvenor Indiaman, that was wrecked on 
that coast, had survived. They found two ladies belonging 
to the Grosvenor still alive, who had been forced to marry 
CafFres, and had both children and grandchildren. Being 
attached to these, they refused to leave the country, though 
Mr. S. offered to take them with him. They stated also as 
a reason for refusing to return to England, that probably 
their friends were either all dead, or so scattered they should 
never be able to find them out ; wherefore they preferred re- 
maining where they were. Their bodies were painted, and 
they were dressed like the CafFre women. When the Land- 
drost asked Gika, why the people had murdered those who 
were driven ashore upon his coast, he said, they had no 
business in his country, but should have kept in their own, 
meaning the sea; for the CafFres thought they had risen up 
from the bottom of the sea, having seen the top mast first, 
then gradually more and more till they beheld the hull, which 
made them conclude they were natives of the water. When 
Dr. Vanderkemp remonstrated with Gika, for having mur- 
dered the people who were cast ashore from a ship that was 
wrecked while he was there, he replied by saying. Why do 
you kill wolves, they belong to this country, but not these 
people. 
Had the persons cast ashore from these vessels, who 
escaped from the Caffres, and attempted to reach the Cape 
by travelling along the coast, after two or three days journey, 
struck up the country, instead of keeping by the shore, they 
