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The Boshismen, when they are sufficient- 
ly strong in number, attack and kill the 
Hottentots and CafFrees wherever they find 
them ; and the colonists hunt the Boshismen 
as they do the lion and the tiger. A farmer 
never thinks of giving quarter to these 
people, but slays them the very instant 
they are in his power. 
The bow of the Boshismen is about two 
feet and a half in length, and their arrows, 
of which they generally carry a competent 
stock, about two feet two inches from one 
extremity to the other. They are made of 
a certain reed, pointed with a bone which 
is poisoned, and constructed so artfully as 
to remain in the wound after it penetrates. 
If it draws blood, the opinion is that no 
cataplasm, however skilfully compounded, 
nor medicine yet discovered, can save the 
wounded object from destruction. 
As we proceeded on our journey to a 
farm-house, we passed one day through a 
dismal valley of about three miles in length. 
Our conductors informed us this place 
was called Boshisman's path ; and they 
held their muskets presented the whole 
