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VISIT FROM THE WANKETZEN. 
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to depart from Kurreechane while we had flesh to 
last us till we should come to a place where there 
was plenty of game. He thus touched upon 
the very reason we had for departing the next 
day, viz. while part of the ox he gave us remained, 
for, had this been consumed, we could not have 
departed for want of food, the game being very 
uncertain. 
The Wank«tzen from Makkabba, called in the 
morning for the present I had promised to send 
his master. I sent by him a red handkerchief, 
a looking-glass, scissars, a knife, ear-rings, a snuff- 
box full of snuff, and various other articles, and 
hoped the present would make a favorable im- 
pression. He appeared to have felt anxious about 
our visit to the Marootzee, as there had been three 
different parties there, sent by him during our 
stay, each party returning with two days news. 
The Regent favored me with the names of 
upwards of twenty nations around him. Many 
of the towns, he said, were as large and populous 
as Kurreechane. He began by naming the Wan- 
ketzens to the westward. 
North of Kurreechane, The Moquana, Bamang- 
watoo. 
To N.E., The Makallaka. 
To E., Bapalangye, Massoona. 
To E. by E., Bahatja. 
