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together, were of the same mind about receiving 
amongst them teachers of the word of God ? He 
answered that all the chief captains were present 
when we had made the proposal, and had all ap- 
proved of it, and they continued of the same 
opinion— that their oldest captain, whose advice 
they generally took, still favored it—that Ma- 
teebe, with whom they were intimately connected, 
had the word of God, and they wished to have it 
also; he hoped it would put an end to com- 
mandoes, which he did not like. I reminded 
him that Missionaries must not be expected to 
go on commandoes, because contrary to their 
principles and instructions. To which he gave 
his consent, and expressed a hope that we should 
have a safe and pleasant journey to Lattakoo. 
One of the Hottentots shot a redbok during the 
day ; the two Wanketzen ambassadors were with 
him at the time, they pursued the animal till it 
fell, cut it up, and kept the whole carcase, giving 
to the Hottentot only the skin and the two horns. 
On his resisting the robbery they threatened to 
stab him with their assagais. Kossie told us he 
had heard of the circumstance, and had deputed 
a person to examine into their conduct. He 
had sent for our Hottentot to hear his account, 
but made nothing of it. Munameets advised us 
to hold an assagai before them, and threaten to 
kill them if they did not deliver back the flesh 
