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l^r^j. Not knowing what it y/.is, yet pleai* 
with its fbrxaatioii^ he delivered it to 
the Chiei^ who . inrimediately took it to 
■pieces and after conteoiplatin^ the various; 
parts, took the copper-ring which h 
hung, and iiifoended it frcni lib neck, ilc 
appeared highly pieaicd wkh the omamcTit; 
and this circumilance, indiic€d mc to pro 
fent hiiii with one ftill moic^Iittering^ and of 
^ourfe, in hi^r eithiiation, more valuable^ 
'Recollcfting that I wpre a pair of parte knec- 
])uckicsj, I took them out;, and after having 
:|->repared two kxipSg I hung one upon each 
:of his ears, 'Fhe moment this was done^ the 
'Chief italked about with an air of .uncom- 
mon dignity. His people leemed to pay 
him greater reverence than betbre, and they 
were employed for fome time in gazing at 
the brilliancy of the ornaments^ and con- 
:templating the -aus^ijl deportment of their 
chief magijlr ate. The European ir.ay finile 
at this recital ; the exhibition of my knee^ 
buckles may indeed provoke his rihbillty ; 
but whea he treats the feelings of the favage 
on this Qccafion with contemptj let him be- 
ftow a thought on thcylV/r., the garter or the 
coronet^ and then make a ieniible diitinctioa 
if he can. 
As this donation gave me a powxrful in- 
tereft with the chief, I rcfolved, daring my 
flay with the Caffrees, to procure every 
poiiibie information refpecling the cuftoms^ 
m':.nners and opinions of thefe people. Some 
