April.] OUR RESIDENCE AT LATTAKOO. 
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Kooky, the king's nephew. 
Makkamma, Munameet's grandson, 
Eleesa, (or Elisha, a Bootshuana name,) the 
king's servant. 
And the smith's son. 
We should have found it difficult to get through 
the corn-fields had they not accompanied us. The 
cave was about half way up the mountain, in 
length about three hundred yards, and fifty or 
sixty feet high. It seemed to be excavated from 
a range of cliffs, the roof extending outwards 
twenty-six yards. The back part was nearly 
perpendicular. Towards the southern extremity 
the roof gradually decreased in height. Many 
nests of poisonous v/asps were attached to the 
roof, resembling, at a distance, swallows nests 
in England, but on a more close inspection we 
found that they consisted of a collection of cells, 
which were composed of a kind of white wax. 
Some large pieces of rock had fallen from the roof. 
To amuse our party, who had kindly accompanied 
us, Mr.M. made a train of gunpowder, to which 
he set fire by a burning lens. This at first fright- 
ened, and afterwards diverted them exceedingly. 
Finding large pieces of transparent rock, the 
Matchappees offered to carry them home for us. 
Peekloo, the king's son, took a large piece, and 
carried it on his naked shoulder for about a mile, 
