A P R I C A- 151 
We repaired to the place mentioned, and 
found, in faft, a kraal compofed of about 
twenty huts* The white woman was itand- 
ing before the door of hers. She had a gar- 
ment on of tanned hides like the Nimiquas, 
but fhe did not wear like them either the. krofs 
or the fmaJl apron. Pinar, as he pa fled by^ 
had informed her of my journey, and I was ac- 
cordingly received as a perfon whofe arrival 
was expefted. Having entered her hut, which 
was neither larger nor more ornamented than 
the reft, flie informed me, that her hufband 
had lived with this horde, of which he became 
the chief, and that (he, at his death having in- 
herited hk authority, continued to live with 
it ftill. Indeed, from the tone in which fhe 
iflued her commands, I foon found that ihe 
was mifLrefs there. Her children alfo were 
clothed like herfelf in nothing but fkins ; and 
but for their long hair, fo embrowned were 
their complexions by the fun, that I fhould 
have taken them for natives of the country ; 
and the deception would have been the more 
eafy, from their fpeaking no language but the 
Nimiqua. 
Q{ my whole caravan, Klaas Bafter was the 
h 4 only 
