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stands, are called by the natives Mawyey a La- 
heisey, or Mountains of Laheisey- 
The town contains only about one hundred 
houses, and hardly five hundred inhabitants, 
some of the houses being empty. Their fields are 
not extensive, but the grass was said to be ex- 
cellent for cattle, of which they had a good stock. 
Before sunset we received five bambooses, 
(wooden vessels containing three or four pin is) 
full of milk. While at tea, Laheisey came into 
the tent, and we gave him a cup ; he was sur- 
prised at its sweetness, and inquired what made 
it so. Being told it was sugar extracted from a 
reed resembling his sweet reed, he desired 
to taste it by itself ; we put a little into his 
hand, the sweetness of which again astonished 
him. At worship in the evening, Mr. Moffat 
addressed them from, " Unto you is the word 
of this salvation sent." To which they listened 
with seeming attention. Therm, at sunrise 28: 
noon 60. 
While a Hottentot was chastising one of the 
dogs for stealing, its companion looked on for 
some time. At length rushing forward he bit the 
Hottentot severely on the thigh, after whicli both 
dogs fled to the outside of the town. 
I made a present of a few European articles to 
