A F R I C A. 
accompanied by two of her children, a boy 
and girl, twins, four years of age. She had 
been delivered of twins once before, which 
alfo were alive, and hoped to have twins a 
third time. 
I treated the chief and his wives with a 
Dutch breakfaft, after the manner of the Cape ; 
that is to fay, with good tobacco and brandy ; 
after which they requefled to fee my perfpec- 
tive glafs, and admire the wonders they had 
heard of it. I placed it on the ftand as before ; 
but no fooner had they feen one objedl:, than 
they defired me to bring them another, not 
doubting but It poffefTed the virtue of making 
them come at my call. 
After they v/ere gone, the people of the 
horde came in fuQceffion, and made me the 
fame requeft. The fport was very well for a 
while ; but repetition would render it tire- 
fome, and to avoid this I gave it up. However^ 
for the fatisfadion of the curious, I left the 
glafs in its place the whole day, giving one of 
my Hottentots the charge of it, with orders 
not to permit it to be moved or touched. 
When I entered the Nimiqua country, mj 
defign was to inveftigate every thing that had 
been 
