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Maketze, grandson of Makrakka, observed to 
me, when visiting his fire, that the flesh was very 
lean, he should like fatter flesh. He said so 
after being crammed, having eaten the whole 
day. A Mashow told me he was hungry yet. Not 
understanding what he said, I gave him the first 
word in his language that occurred to me, which 
was munatee, or good. The man and all the party 
were highly entertained at my mistake, and cried 
out nama munatee, meat is good ! 
A Matchappee from Lattakoo followed me 
while making these visits, and had something to 
say to every company. He told a Marootzee 
company that I was a great king, come from a 
far country to see them. Then they gave so 
significant a look after he had spoken, that it 
prompted me to inquire what he had said. 
A company of Marootzee were eating boiled 
Caffrecorn out of a wooden dish. The captain held 
the dish in one hand, and a spoon in the other 
made of the same materials, with which he ate. 
The rest of the company dipped their hands in 
the dish, and swallowed it as fast as they could. 
I tasted it, and found it good. They were pleased 
by my doing so. One party remarked among 
themselves, that we were kind people in coming 
to visit them at their fires. 
