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LIFE OF C. KOK. 
from some wood which he was cutting, about 
two years ago, struck his left eye, and has caused 
much pain to him ever since ; he is also lame in 
consequence of rheumatism in one of his knees ; 
but for a man of seventy-four years, in such a cli- 
mate, he may be called a strong man. 
Whenever it may please God to remove him 
out of this world, he will be much missed by the 
Griquas, who have been accustomed to regard 
him as a father for many years ; nor is there any 
man who is likely soon to acquire the same in- 
fluence over them which old Cornelius Kok has 
long possessed. 
