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the rest. The male inhabitants perform by turns 
this fatiguing labour, which is not without a be- 
neficial influence ; for otherwise they would, like 
many, spend the most part of their time in sleep- 
ing, and feel constant languor and depression of 
spirits. Necessity is the parent of industry as 
well as of invention, and industry is necessary to 
civilization and happiness. There was a live- 
liness and cheerfulness in the manners and cha- 
racter of this people which we seldom discovered 
where the natives could supply their wants with 
less labour. 
Their kraal stands at a little distance from the 
bed of the river, among deep sand, and conse- 
quently has a very miserable appearance. They 
brought us in the evening both sweet and sour 
milk, for which we presented them with a little 
tobacco. The women, and not the men, like the 
other nations, are employed in milking the cows. 
There was ice in the water in the morning. 
Therm, at sunrise 34 : at noon 55. A duykerbok 
was shot. 
23rd. Therm, at sunrise 24 : noon 52 : no 
clouds. The place around the well is called 
Mooshuana ; the chief's name is Hanno Komo, 
and the Coranna name of a chief who was on a 
visit to him was but his Bootshuana name 
was Moreeakotoo or Coranna medicine. Hanno 
