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KOSSIE AND HIS UNCLE. 
[1820. 
been appointed Regent during his minority. He 
commanded an expedition against a nation called 
Motsemanyanai, near the Marootzee country, in 
which he and many of the people lost their lives. 
Kossie, not being circumcised, could not assume 
the government, but his uncle Maquotoo (not the 
oracle of that name) ruled on his behalf till he 
should be circumcised. His younger uncle 
Mungallee, who is a handsome looking man, 
despised Kossie on account of his small stature 
and mild temper, and concluded that his mental 
powers were defective. He therefore aspired at 
the sovereignty himself, and, on the death of a 
rhinoceros, he privately took the breast of that 
animal, which was tantamount to his declaring 
himself king. Kossie pretended not to observe 
it, but soon after, with the advice of some of the 
captains, he seized a number of calves, the pro- 
perty of Mungallee, which he carried off and 
lodged in his own cattle kraal, and placed him- 
self at the door, daring Mungallee to take them 
away. Mungallee, finding upon inquiry that the 
friends of Kossie were more numerous and pow- 
erful than he had supposed, thought it prudent 
to overlook the capture of his calves. Ever since 
this occurrence the power of Kossie has not been 
disputed. He lately married a female named 
Sekantshai. 
In the morning, while I was walking on the 
