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twelve black oxen, which he fhowed me w^ith 
a fort of boafting and oftentatlon. Indeed I 
never faw a team fo well matched ; andj though 
I offered him the fum of two hundred rix- 
doUars (about 45l.)j an exorbitant price in 
that country, I could not obtain it : however, 
he fold me feveral flieep, and a heifer, which I 
caufed to be killed and falted for my people ; 
and I increafed alfo my (lore of tobacco with 
all he could fpare me. 
Engelbrecht was foon to make a journey to 
the Cape, and I availed myfelf of the oppor- 
tunity to write to my friends, which would 
probably be the laft that would offer, as I 
fliould find no other plantation on the road. 
When I departed, my hoft yoked to my wag- 
gon the beautiful team of which I have juft 
fpoken, and not only offered to conduit me 
with them to the Great River, but alfo fupplied 
my other carriage with ftout cattle, by way qf 
fparing mine. When I fet out, Pinar followed 
me ftill. In vain did I halt after travelling four, 
hours, in order to get rid of him, near a fpriag 
we found oh the way : in vain did I pitch my 
tents, In the hope that he would think his day's 
journey top iliort, and proceed forwards^ leav- 
ing me behind : he too halted at the fpring^ 
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