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but when arrived near the kraal, the elder fud- 
denly broke filence, and, ftriking the ground 
forcibly with his foot, " Do not," faid he, " be 
*' caft down ; in a few days yoi r three wag- 
" gons, with all your people, fliall be here." 
Agreeable as w^as this promlfe, it appeared 
to me not the lefs aflonilliing. It ftruck ms 
as too difficult a talk for the waggons to ar- 
rive at the mount ins where we were fituated ; 
for, though they were lefs high than the ridge 
on which we had palled the night, flill they 
were very ccnfiderably elevated above the 
plain. However, as my hoft engaged for the 
execution of his def gn, 1 could not avoid giv- 
ing credit to its pradicability. When we had 
entered his hut, Klaas Bafter invited me to reft 
myfelf. He then renev^^ed his prornifes with 
ftill more energy ; adding, that at the prefent 
moment indeed he could not begin to carry 
them into effed:, becaufe his cattle v/ere abfent 
in thepaftures; but the moment they returned, 
hisT)rother fliould fet off v/ith all the oxen, 
and as many men as were neceffary, to aflift 
Swanepoel and his four companions, to whom 
they fhould carry provifions, and whom I 
ihpuld foon fee. 
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