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compofed of fixteen or eighteen huts, Klaas^ 
however, lived in perpetual difquietude ; a!-* 
ways afraid of being difcovered and furprlfed 
by his cruel brothers : and this was the caufe 
of the alarm which the fhepherJs had tePiified, 
when I appeared with my troop. 
As his brothers rcfided at the Namero^ Klaas 
was in fome meafure at their difcretion ; and, 
to fay the truth, I was aftonifhed at his remain- 
ing in their neighbourhood, fmce he expected 
to have his days finifhed by a mufket ball, as 
he himfelf affured me, which would have hap- 
pened long ago had they not more than once 
miffed their aim. Pitying his fituation, I was 
defirous of bringing about a reconciliation be- 
tween him and his family, as a return for the 
fer vices he had rendered me ; and, as I was to 
pafs through the diftrict they inhabited, I 
formed the defign of effeding this purpofe. 
Its fuccefs appeared fo certain, that I hefitated 
not to offer my mediation to the unfortunate 
Bafter, and went fo far as even to pledge my- 
felf for the ratification of a treaty of peace, if 
he would but accompany me. He appeared 
fenfible of the motive that prompted my offers ; 
but he defpaired of the pcffibility of mollifying 
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