284 INQUIRIES ABOUT ENGLAND. [1820. 
we could only understand a few of their inquiries. 
They asked what my name was, as they had 
forgotten it, being accustomed always to call me 
Moonaree, a corruption of the Dutch word 
Mynheer. They could not repeat my name in 
any other way than Camelo. Having no word in 
their language ending in I, they could not pro- 
nounce it without the addition of another letter. 
All of them attempted it several times, but each 
added either o or u. We mentioned to them Mr. 
Philip's name, which they pronounced Silp, 
having no sound of the / in their languaige. 
They then inquired if the King of England kept 
cattle, if there was much game in England, and 
plenty of rhinoceroses, elephants, cameleopards, 
quachas, knoos, &c. They were surprised to 
hear there were none of these, and that the only 
animals hunted were hares and foxes. It must 
have appeared inconceivable to them, how the 
inhabitants could subsist in such a land, for huge 
animals, in their estimation, form the glory of a 
country. 
Yesterday, in the morning, Munameets told us 
there would be a new moon that day, and we 
saw it immediately after sunset, but how he 
knew it we could not learn from him. 
It is said that all the nations known in South 
Africa, when travelling, perform much longer 
