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meiitj which hcdid.^ and. at the fame'- lirna 
iiiforni.ed us, the proprietor was good man 
the diftance, he faid, was ^hout three hours. 
The pleafure diffufed throughout the party^ 
on receiving this information, it is impolli- 
ble to deicribe. I embraced this opportuni- 
t\ , tind Ciit on ^ s general joy fucceeded, 
and who fbooid be forexiioft^ the principal: 
confideration. 
At len9:th — extatic reHeBion ! — ^-we came 
within fight of z Chri/iian fai^m. " Come 
on, my lads./' faid I, " we are fafely moor'd 
at kft ; and our people in the deferts, will 
be foon relicYed/" Some tottered as they 
ftood, overcome by joy, and could not 
Biove ; others appeared as in a trance, un- 
til at length about ten followed me, and we 
entered the houfe of 
Jan Du Pi^iesies,^ 
Fortiinatelyg this was a fettler of the beH 
€)rder about fixty yeai's old, born in Hol- 
land, but had relided in Africa for many 
years ; humane, generous^ and poiTeliing a 
lieart that appeared to be the conftant man- 
fion cf a virtuous fympathy. His cottage 
was formed of clay, thatched with a kind 
€>f reed, and furniflied with a few ftools, a 
table, and fomc kitchen utenfils. His fami- 
ly confifted of five or fix fons, their wives 
and cliiidren^ '■tt;)gether with a daughter,, 
making together' about twenty people. His. 
ftock, however, v^as confiderabicj not left 
