46 TRAVELS IN 
years of age, lived in the fame houfe with him 5 
but being, as well as their mother, at enmity 
with him, they contrived to lead him a moft 
wretched life. 
Thefe young men were not only afhamed of 
their mulatto brothers, but had fo perfecuted 
and haraffed thepi, as to oblige them to flee 
from home. Their fifter had repaired from 
choice to the Hottentot horde of her mother. 
'The two Bafters, attached to each other by ties 
of friendfhip as well as confanguinity, were 
unwilling to feparate, and had firft formed a 
fettlement together more to the fouth in the 
plain. They had cleared fuccefFively two ex- 
cellent fpots, from both of which their rela-^ 
t.ions had driven them by forcejat the fame time 
killing part of their cattle. Frequently they 
had been favage enough even to beat and 
wound poor Klaas, who w^as the principal ob- 
jeO: of their animofity. At length, to fhun 
their fury, he had agreed with his brother to 
come and fettle among the mountains, where 
he hoped to be more eafily concealed. Hav- 
ing both married Hottentot women, they 
formed, with their family and the people at- 
tached to themv who were all relations, a horde 
gompofed 
