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THE MOTHER OF A GRIQUA. 
[1820. 
>so did the oxen, till they began to revolt against 
going forward. They were sometimes held 
fast by the tail, and obliged to halt till they 
could be extricated. The planet Venus setting 
about eight p. m. left us more in the dark than 
before ; however, after a severe struggle, we 
reached Machatchanai at half past nine p. m. 
Not one of the inhabitants came near us, being- 
unwilling to expose themselves either to the cold 
night air, or to the probable solicitations for food 
by the Matchappees who were with us. 
4th. Therm, at sunrise 40 : noon 66. By 
daylight the people flocked about the waggons, 
when the incessant noise of tongues commenced 
At eleven a. m. a coxisiderable number of the 
people collected for worship, when Mr. Moffat 
gave them a serious address. 
A young Griqua arrived this day on his way 
to Patannee, accompanied by one of Mateebe's 
confidential men. The young man's mother had 
married a Matslaroo, who got with her much 
property in cattle ; the husband killed her cattle 
chiefly for supplying the family, and marked the 
calves belonging to her cows with his own mark. 
In consequence of some disagreement with him 
about these things, she had left him, and gone to 
Lattakoo. She wished to have back her cattle, 
and to live with her son. Matecbe rather fa- 
