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body with an assagai, and the poor man fell dead 
at his feet. After this his cattle were seized by 
Mateebe; yet this cruel and arbitrary conduct 
produced no sensations of abhorrence in the 
people. 
Mateebe's eldest son, Peetkloo, having stolen 
some of Mr. Read's sheep, was discovered, and 
the matter laid before his father, who ordered 
that he should be severely flogged, and restitu- 
tion made. Mateebe was greatly enraged at 
the conduct of his son, and said that it would be 
an eternal disgrace to his family. 
It is reckoned a discredit to a man, if his wife 
wears a shabby cloak in the winter. 
When a man dies and leaves a widow, a rela- 
tion of the husband must take her home as his 
wife. Which of the relations shall do this, is 
fixed at a meeting of friends, when she is generally 
assigned to him who has the smallest family. 
Should the relatives fix on one who will not con- 
sent to their decision, it is reckoned an insult. 
All the children she may afterwards have are con- 
sidered as the children of her first husband. 
In their hunting excursions it is a rule that 
whoever first wounds an animal has a right to 
the carcase, when it is either caught or killed. 
