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LIFE OF C. KOK. 
cerns. Some years ago, when proceeding on a 
journey to Cape Town, he received 5,000 rix 
dollars, (500/. sterl.) which were owing to him 
for a farm he had sold on the west side of the 
colony. Though he remained only a few days 
in Cape Town, he expended for tea, coffee, 
sugar, Cape brandy, and some articles of dress, 
4,400 rix dollars, which were all consumed in a 
few weeks after his return home. So long as the 
tea, coffee, and brandy lasted they were in a 
constant state of requisition, morning, noon, and 
night, by his family, friends, and neighbours. 
Berend, another Griqua captain, though a man 
of better principles and morals, yet knows as 
little of the science of economy. He brought a 
box of tea from the colony, which lasted little 
more than a month, when he actually came to 
the Missionary to beg a little tea for breakfast. 
No sooner did his chest of tea arrive than the 
kettle was placed on the fire, never to be taken 
off by day while the tea lasted, except to 
pour its contents upon the tea. All who came 
received large basins full of stronger tea than 
any European could have drank. The idea of 
an article coming to an end seems never to rise 
in their minds till the unwelcome intelligence be 
actually brought that all is finished. There are, 
however, some exceptions to this rule, even 
