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to pafs it in converfation with Cloete, fquatting 
with him at his fire. 
The worft of the adventure was, that in the 
morning, when he had become fober, he did 
not remember the promifes of the evening, and 
in confequence refufed to keep them. Fortu- 
nately I had ftill fome of his favourite liquor 
left ; and 1 renewed therefore the experiment 
of the preceding day, which was once more 
equally fuccefsful, Cloete having again pro- 
mifed ; to prevent his receding as before, I re- 
quefted him to accompany me immediately to 
his pafture, that 1 might feledl the bcafts he 
had fold me. When I examined their horns 
and teeth, they all appeared to have feen ten 
years fervice at leaft ; yet I thought myfelf 
happy in obtaining even thefe. 
On my return to his hut, I gave him a 
draft on Serrurier, the new fifcal, payable to 
one of his friends at the Cape. But thefe 
fourteen oxen made but one team, and 1 was 
defirous of having two. Accordingly, when I 
was writing the draft, I propofed to him to 
double the fum, on condition of his doubling 
the number of cattle ^ and, to ftrengthen my 
propofalj 
