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third generation their tails became llender lifed 
thofe I faw. The fleece of thefe fheep was 
aot curled and foft to the touch ; on the con-- 
trary, it Gonfifted of long flat hair, harfli and 
fhining, and altogether unfit for fpinriing. 
Before I left the horde, I returned the obU« 
gations I was under to thofe who compofed it, 
for the milk with which I had been fo abun- 
dantly fupplied, by a few prefents. The chief 
requefted of me a little powder and fliot, her 
ftock of which was completely exhaufted ; fo 
that, being furrounded by Boflimen, fhe was 
afraid of being attacked by them by night, 
efpecially if they fhould fufpe£l this to be the 
reafon why they no longer heard the report 
of any guns from the kraah When Pinar 
vifited the horde, fhe had imparted to him her 
fears, and begged of him a fupply : but he 
rudely refufed her, faying that I fhould foon 
pafs that wayj and, being well flocked, could 
furnlfh her with vs^hatever flie wanted. 
Had no motives of gratitude prompted me 
to oblige this woman, I fhould have done it 
from mere pity. The fole perfon of her com- 
plexion amidft thefe deferts, five leagues diftant 
from any other kraal, fupported only by a 
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