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south. Those at Mobatee are probably the 
highest up in the interior, or to the north, of any 
other tribe of that nation. 
29th. Cupido conducted the worship, and, 
being the Sabbath, it commenced at ten a. m. 
He first gave out a hymn and prayed ; then he 
sat down upon a low three-footed stool, put on 
his spectacles, and read in the Dutch Testament 
Matth. chap. viii. ver. 1-— 15, which a female 
interpreted into the Coranna language. Cupido 
has been unable to acquire the Coranna language, 
though it is considered only a different dialect of 
the Hottentot. His remarks were simple, deli- 
vered with seriousness, and translated by the 
female, one after another. Cupido, having been 
brought up in the house of a farmer in the colony, 
where he heard chiefly the Dutch language spoken, 
has never been able to speak much of the lan- 
guage of his own nation ; but though he cannot 
deliver an address in the Coranna language, he is 
able to converse with the inhabitants. 
30th. The Corannas, since Cupido came 
amongst them, have, like the Matchappees at 
Lattakoo relinquished the, commando system, 
making no more expeditions against their neigh- 
bours, in order to carry off their cattle. They 
have nevertheless suffered great losses by the 
depredations of the Bushmen. 
