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of their old masters 5 but that a wise and 
liberal government at the Cape would soon 
dissolve all their ancient prejudices, and 
attach the settlers in general to the British 
nation. 
As I have only touched, in my intro- 
duction to this Narrative, upon the neces- 
sary conduct which, in my opinion, should 
be observed towards these people, I shall be 
more explicit in my following observations. 
I have before stated that many of the 
colonists live by murdering and plundering 
the unoffending inhabitants of the deserts. 
Those abominable transactions should cer- 
tainly be prevented in future, and I have 
pointed out the most likely means to ac- 
complish it, which is by forming settle- 
ments on the coasts of Caffraria and the 
western side of this extensive continent. 
But supposing this humane and political 
measure to be fully accomplished, still there 
remains a work to be performed of infinite 
importance to the prosperity of these coun- 
tries, and the government of the whole. 
What I particularly allude to on the pre- 
sent occasion is the mode to be adopted 
for civilizing the natives of those delightful 
