Aprii.] at new LATTAKOO. 
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more desire of imitation, than Englishmen would 
feel to assume the costume and copy the manners 
of the Hottentot, or Hindoo, They do not 
despise our dress, but they are satisfied with 
their own. Peekloo, the king's eldest son, wore 
at the dance on the preceding evening a silk 
handkerchief round his waist, which he had 
received from Mr. M., but he probably put it 
aside in a few days. Therm. 74. 
Several Matchappees expressed a desire to go 
on the Marootzee journey, to exchange beads 
with that people for iron, under the protection of 
our muskets. 
The noise of singing and dancing was greater 
this evening than on the preceding night, and the 
number who attended evening worship was 
smaller. As usual, on a Saturday evening, the 
natives were informed that the following day 
would be the Sabbath ; without such an intimation 
they would not know it, having no division of 
time into weeks. 
The Matchappees are ignorant of any general 
name given to their quarter of the world, never 
having heard of the word Africa; but the 
Hottentots and Griquas all know of it through 
their connection with the colonists and Mis- 
sionaries. 
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