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him. After waiting a short time in expectation 
of receiving some other articles, but seeing that 
nothing more was brought, he left me, and was 
followed by his people. 
Hearing that he had lived with the Wanketzens, 
at the time Dr. Cowan, &c. were said to be mur- 
dered by their king Makkabba, and that he was 
now an enemy to Makkabba, I thought his account 
might be depended upon, if it was in favour of 
the Wanketzens ; I therefore took an opportunity 
in the afternoon to question him on that point. 
He said that the Wanketzens had robbed Dr. C. 
and his party, but did not murder them ; that 
they passed on, and he did not know where they 
had gone. It afterwards occurred to me, that as 
Lynx's father, Makrakka, was implicated in the 
murder, according to the reports I received on my 
former journey, both at Lattakoo and Mala- 
peetzee, little dependence could be placed on 
his account, and as it is not improbable that he 
himself had a share in the murder, he had an 
interest in the concealment, for his own sake and 
the character of his father. 
There may now be a dread in the minds of some 
of the nations to the north, of the approach of 
white men, in consequence of the residence of the 
Missionaries at Lattakoo, and they may conceive 
