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them to come and plunder the NImlquas, and 
then fhared their booty ? 
Swanepoel, it is true, had informed me, that, 
during my abfence, fome Bofhmen had come 
to the camp, under the pretence of afking him 
for tobacco. This mode of adting the fpy 
ought of itfelf to have opened my eyes. But 
though the two villains appeared to me capable 
of any crime, v/hether it were thoughtlelFnefs 
or confidence in my little army, it never came 
into my head to fufped them of this : and, as 
to th,e vifit of the Bofhmen, it appeared to me 
to have little alarming in it : for thefe robbers 
never attack unlefs they are fure of their aim ; 
and there is nothing in the world they dread 
fo much as fire-arms. 
1 had found many other ftrange faces, on my 
arrival, befide Moodel's. They were women 
whom my Hottentots had invited, and whom 
I was obliged to feed, for the pleafure of thefe 
gentlemen. Each had his lafs ; or, rather, 
there were enough to enable them .to change 
when they thought proper : and many, fol- 
lowing the example of Bernfry, had even as 
many as three. This dilorderlinefs had natu- 
rally produced more. An extreme negled of 
U 3 duty 
