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LIFE OF MOONCH. 
the first was mother to Malalla, a chief captain at 
Lattakoo. When he was a child, and afflicted 
with the measels, he lost his father. The name 
of his mother was Massarianakey, (or, a Witch.) 
His father left him a great many cattle, but when 
the Corannas made war on the Matchappees, he 
lost them all, and became a poor man, which 
obliged him for some time to live among the 
wild Bushmen, in order to obtain subsistence. 
A short time after he joined the Bushmen he had 
a narrow escape for his life. While hunting, he 
wounded a buffalo ; the animal, pursuing him to a 
bush where he had taken refuge, pushed at him 
with its horns, and in attempting to toss him into 
the air tore off his left ear. Happily the dogs 
came up at the very time, and drew away the at- 
tention of the infuriated animal by their barking. 
This afforded him an opportunity of making his 
escape. On another occasion, when pursuing a 
wild hog, he came suddenly upon a buffalo, which 
immediately turned upon him, but he hid himself 
among some reeds. 
When John Bloom and the Corannas attacked 
Lattakoo, Moonch was in the combat, and nearly 
surrounded ; he fled, however, and was closely 
followed by them ; the arrows flew thickly around 
him, but he was not wounded by any. 
At another time, while living at a Bushman 
