CHAP. XV. 
THIRD RESIDENCE AT NEW LATTAKOO. 
On reaching Lattakoo we found all the people 
returned from their four months' journey to the 
fair at Beaufort in the colony, except three Mat- 
chappees who had been drowned in crossing the 
Great Orange River on a raft, as reported to us 
at Turreehey. There had been great lamenta 
tion for them at Lattakoo, and the white men 
were blamed for advising them to go to that 
place for beads, none having been obtained 
there. The raft on which they attempted to 
cross the Great River was only large enough to 
carry five persons, yet, contrary to advice, ten 
crowded upon it with their property. The con- 
sequence was that one side of the raft sunk down. 
Three of the Matchappees were carried away by 
the strength of the current. However, we were 
