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PURCHASE OF LAND. 
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dric, Cupido, and the captain, to view the 
ground. On reaching it, the captain walked 
round it, pointing out certain bushes, stones, &c. 
which marked its boundaries. He also showed 
two 'excellent fountains of water which were 
upon it. The extent might be four or five acres 
of land. He was asked what price he demanded 
for it, on which he mentioned a certain quantity 
of beads ; but Mr. Hamilton told him he had no 
beads. He then said he would give it for a roll 
of tobacco, weighing about twenty pounds. Mr. 
H. said he had not that quantity, but would 
give it when it grew. Not having patience to 
wait for the growing of the tobacco, he next asked 
a fat sheep, which he said would please his wife, 
whose ground it was. He was promised the 
choice of the sheep when they came to the kraal 
in the evening. 
He then told us that the adjoining ground be- 
longed to another of his wives, who he had no 
doubt would sell it also. Jan Hendric offering 
to be the purchaser, he engaged to procure her 
consent. He lingered about Mr. Hamilton's 
house the whole afternoon, anxiously waiting for 
the arrival of the sheep, that he might have a 
feast. 
Lands which their ancestors have dug and 
sown, become the property of the family, and 
