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the journey from Melita in one day. He remained 
in our tent with many others to see us dine, and 
looked very serious, perhaps having seen poor 
Cowan and Donovan dining after the same 
fashion. 
Hearing of the favorable manner in which the 
Regent, and, as I was told, almost all the cap- 
tains spoke of us at the peetso, put all our men 
into good spirits. They were singing hymns 
round the fire the whole evening, while many of 
the Marootzee were listening, and Moeelway was 
attempting to imitate them. The people would 
not consent to our leaving them the succeeding 
day, alleging that they were only now getting 
acquainted with us, and should feel so dull when 
we were gone. The Regent said he was pre- 
paring something for us, and that we should have 
another ox on the morrow, for he could not think 
of our undertaking a journey without food. After 
the peetso the women and children ventured 
freely into the tent, which they would not do 
before. Confidence in us seemed only to have 
now begun, and we had no doubt but they 
would afterwards commend us to the nations 
around. 
One of the Hottentots had some beads, that 
he exchanged during the day for an elephant s 
tusk, which beads the Regent had not previously 
