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K)n Giitting tip the animal, I obfcrved they 
paid a more than ordinary attention to the 
paunch. Several of the Caffrees laid violent 
hands On it ; and after giving it a iliake fot 
the purpofe of emptying the cajntents, they 
tore the greater part in flips with their teeth, 
and fwallowed the whole as it came warm 
from thebeaft. 
Our meal fmch as it was, beiug ftniihed, 
we proceeded to the fliore, and I obferved 
t he long-boat at a confiderable diftance. We 
threw out ngnals but could not percei>/e 
that they v/ere obferved. The fivlp was di- 
viding very fall, and the gale increaiing ; 
irirmY thinofs w^ere therefore caft on fliore, 
which the Cafirees were indefatigable in 
procuring. A a^J^^^ however vv^as thrown on 
the beach, at the fight of which I confcfs all 
my apprehenfions v/ere redoubled. It con- 
t^iined fixfy gallons of rum. a quantity fufiicient 
to have intoxicated the whole of the natives, 
although they amounted to at leaft 300. I 
had heard of their fondnefs for fuch liquors, 
and dreaded the confequences of their being 
inebriated. The only way left, was to 
ileal to the fpot where the cafK lay, and 
Itave in the head without being perceived by 
them. This I happily accompliftied, and 
they afterw^ards ftripped the velTel of the 
iron hoops, v/ithout difcovering what I had 
done, or what it formerly contained. 
In the general fear ch on thefliore^ one of 
the Cafirees had picked up the Cnp's com- 
