126 ADDRESS TO THE NATIVES. [1820. 
During the day, our shooters when near the 
mountains, fell in with a kraal of poor Boot- 
shuana Bushmen, who appeared to be extremely 
wretched. Lately, when almost starving, these 
people found a straggling cow belonging to the 
Corannas of Chopo, which they killed and ate. 
This theft was discovered, and the Bushmen 
being unable to replace the cow, the Corannas 
sent to other kraals on the Krooman to join in a 
commando against the robbers. The town of 
Chopo is small; besides the habitations of the 
Corannas we found a cluster of houses belonging 
to some Matslaroos, who had deserted their na- 
tive places on the Krooman. 
Many of the inhabitants attended worship in 
the evening, when the leading facts in the Bible 
were related to them, likewise the importance of 
a man's life above that of a beast. They fur- 
nished us with a good supply of milk, for which 
we gave them tobacco, the best medium of ex- 
change in the desert. 
2nd. Therm, at sunrise 37 : at noon 65. A 
few women ventured to approach us before 
breakfast ; they viewed the tent, table, and the 
things standing on it, with great surprise. They 
were overheard saying to each other, " Surely 
these people cannot be men !" like the Peruvians, 
on the arrival of Manca Capai amongst them. 
