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I deliredto know on what terms the Caffreer 
and the ^-(5/(3////?^ then ftood.- " We are 
friends y' faid they, and it v/illbe thein 
fault if we are not always fo^'' 
. T]iis anfwer relieved me from a very feri-- 
ous embarraifment ; but the fate of the tw© 
unfortunate ladies gave me fo. much uneaU- 
nefsj that I moft earneltly requefted of them 
to teii me all they knew of their fituation ; 
Vv^hether they wei?e alive or dead ; and if 
living, in what part of the country they 
were fituated. They replied, and v/ith ap^ 
parent concern^ that one of the ladies had 
died a iliort time after, her arrival at the 
kraal ; but they underftood the other was 
liviiig, and had fever al children by the chic L 
— '-^Wherejhe now is^^ fcdd they^ ' ^vje know 7iot.^^^ 
r After I had received every poffible infor- 
mation on this melancholy fubjeft, we em- 
ployed ourfeives principally during the re- 
mainder of the day in affifting the natives to 
fave whatever came on fliorefrom.tlie wreck. 
When they got a piece of timber, they plac- 
ed it immediately on the fire as the readieft 
method of procuring the iron, and w^hich 
they fought after with the moil perfevering 
diligence. 
When night came on, the natives retir^. 
ed, and we were left to fleep under the fand- 
Ixills, without covering and without food. 
The weather was boifterous, the wind 
blowing hard from the weflward, and the 
cold fevere. We therefore confulted ia 
