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and they could not comprehend how an in- 
ftrument fo fmall could be as malicious^ that 
was their exprelhon, as a great one. My cock 
and hen had equally excited their furprife. 
They admired the familiarity of thofe animalsj 
which, as ufual, came wandering round me. 
They were aftoni(hed to fee them as tame as 
an ox ; but they could not conceive the bene-' 
fit I reaped from fuch fmall birds on my jour- 
ney. Klaas Bafter was my interpreter in this 
con verfation, which I confefs afforded me much 
amufement. 
We repaired to the kraal, which confifted 
of about five-and-twenty huts, and of courfe 
was not very populous. In the evening, when 
the cattle returned from pafture, the women 
brought me milk ; and the quantity was fo 
great, that more than half of it v^as wafted ; 
even my dogs could not drink it. Kees too, 
after having run from bowl to bowl to fatiate 
his gluttonous appetite, was obliged to leave it 
like them. 
After thefe preliminaries the dance commen- 
ced, and, to do me the more honour, it was 
performed near my tent. It was not poffible 
for me to get a moment's fleep ; but, as to 
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