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sionary, called a short time after, when Kok and 
he walked out to the garden. On coming near 
the runaway, Cornelius said to Mr. S., " Look, 
there works a man who deserted my service for a 
month ; if I were to fine him, he has nothing to 
pay ; if I were to punish him as he deserves, it 
would kill him ; therefore, I have forgiven him." 
These things being spoken in the hearing of the 
man, made a deep impression on his mind ; could 
the state of society in that country be distinctly 
understood, the policy of such lenity would 
perhaps be more evident. 
He had six or seven women servants, whom he 
once overheard engaged in a warm dispute, who 
should go for water. Cornelius called to Mr. 
S., who happened at the time to be near the place, 
and told him, in the hearing of the women, that 
the water was too far off from his kitchen, for his 
women to fetch it, being about a hundred yards 
distant, and asked Mr. S. by what means he 
could make it to run into the kitchen. The 
women on hearing what he said, all rose and ran 
to fetch water. They suspected when their 
master began to talk in that way, that some 
punishment would be inflicted. 
Kok always continued to be the friend of the 
Bushmen. On one occasion, when he intended 
to send his cattle to feed in their part of the 
