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propofal, I accompanied it with a large glafs 
of brandy. The liquor he fwallowed very 
deliberately, and then told me, without the- 
leaft change of countenance, not only that he^ 
would not fell me another beaft, but that he 
muft frankly advife me to leave him thofe I 
had bought, as I had been taken in by him j 
for fix leagues farther on in the mountains 
was a Hottentot horde, where I could make a 
much better bargain, and thither he wOul4 
recommend me to repair. 
This ingenuous confeflion, rude as it was, 
could not avoid giving me pleafure, as it pointed 
out to me the means of completing my teams* 
Notwithftanding the fnow, which ftill con- 
tinued to fall abundantly, I immediately gave 
orders for our departure, and a&ed Cloete for 
a dired:iou to the horde. But when we were 
on the point of fetting out, I felt myfelf 
fo benumbed, and fo completely penetrated 
with cold, that, ftrength and courage both 
failing me, I re-entered the hut, and contented 
myfelf with fending my people, giving them 
all the hardware we had brought with us, and 
ordering them to purchafe with it as many 
qxen as they could procure. -I \ v 
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