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PUNISHMENT 
[1820. 
nearly sunset, when he gave up the chase and 
returned to the town. 
When the King was informed of the slaughter 
of the two buffaloes, it excited in him the 
most unfeigned joy; he said he meant to make 
me a present of an ox. As the road was too 
rocky for the waggons, he engaged to send 
pack-oxen in the morning for the carcases of the 
buffaloes. 
The Mashows calculate by nights, not by days 
as in Britain ; they said it would take six or 
seven nights to travel to the Marootzee. While 
walking in the town some of the people ad- 
dressed us by a word, which signified Dear 
Friends. A hungry Mashow ran off with the 
carcase of a redbok that had been shot, but some 
of our Hottentots pursued and caught the thief, 
and brought back the carcase. 
Kossie and his uncle Mungallee made us a pre- 
sent of two oxen, as expressive of their gratitude 
for the promise I had given of my endeavour to 
obtain Missionaries to dwell among them. 
A message came from the King to the people in 
the square near the waggons, requiring some men 
to come and assist him in punishing a criminal. 
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