August.] MAMPOOR AND HER CHILDREN. 
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&c. These look so beautiful that the traveller is 
constantly inclined to pick them up till he has 
filled his pockets. 
All the inhabitants of the kraal attended the 
evening worship. 
24th. It is mentioned in the journal of my 
first visit to Lattakoo, that I found a woman, 
called Mampoor, and her two children, in a starv- 
ing condition, in consequence of being forsaken 
by her husband. This distressed being, with the 
permission of the King, we brought to Griqua 
Town, and Mr. Anderson consented to provide 
for them. Sewhahwai, her runaway husband, 
came afterwards from one of Kok's cattle-kraals. 
On inquiring how he could have behaved with 
such cruelty towards his wife and children, he 
gave the following account of that matter : — 
When he forsook them, he said that he had 
neither cattle nor sheep, and was obliged to 
leave them to provide for themselves. He first 
went to Nokannan, where he remained for a time. 
On returning to Lattakoo he was sorry to hear 
that Mampoor and his two children were taken 
away by white men to the far land, or Europe ; 
but when he heard they were left at Griqua 
Town he was happy, because he knew they 
would be taken care of. He was not, therefore, 
^ in a hurry to follow them, but he came and joined 
