80 CONVERSATION WITH MATEEBE AND [182(>. 
who is a Matchappee, took occasion to say that 
he was like Mateebe, for he neither understood 
book nor letter— that he saw nothing in the book 
but colour ; that when he looked at a book, his 
head was dark, and his heart dead. 
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The king then observed, that he saw the word 
was peaceable, and the children know it, for 
when waggons came, the children fled, now 
they run to meet them. While Mateebe was 
speaking, Mahootoo frequently repeated some 
of his words ; when she did so, I noticed that 
the King always repeated them after her. 
Munameets, after holding out his hand for 
snufF, began to speak : " This is not," said he, 
** our original country, but a place called No- 
kamma, which lies three days' journey to the N. W. 
of Griqua Town, Hottentot commandoes drove 
us to the Krooman. Here," he added, the "Word 
of God came, and found them, and brought 
peace, but he was sorry he could not understand 
it, he wished God would give them a heart ; the 
word going only into our ears," said he, *' does 
not help us, but God must make the heart right." 
Why does Munameets believe there is a 
God?" 
" My heart is full of wickedness, and so long as 
