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air. A similar inconvenience had hap- 
pened so frequently since we reached the 
colonies, that we determined to separate. 
We were now out of the reach of the Boshis- 
men, and therefore we might travel in 
less numbers, and with security. At some 
of the farms we had passed, the proprietors 
could not furnish us with a waggon, and 
therefore, although I was generally accom- 
modated with a horse, my people were 
obliged to walk : from this untoward circum- 
stance, several who were unable to travel 
had remained with the settlers. They re- 
ceived every encouragement to stop, espe- 
cially such as were in the least acquainted 
with the cultivation of land, or bred to any 
particular trade. One of my crew, who 
was a cooper, having stopt at a farm- 
house, was immediately employed ; and 
having mended all the tubs with an ex- 
pedition that astonished the proprietor, he 
gave him a pressing invitation to remain. 
The farmer was an honest, worthy man, 
and the stranger acceded to the proposal. 
This accident, I have been informed since, 
has been attended with no less consequences 
