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the dairy, form a part of the employment of the men. In the 
morning a third fignal fent them out to graze. The Kaffers 
and their cattle feemed perfectly to underftand each other. 
Though at this place there could not be fewer than three 
hundred men and women, exclufive of a numerous troop of 
young boys and girls who were obliged to keep at a diftance ; 
yet not a hut of any kind was to be feen. Thefe were all con- 
cealed in the midft of the (hrubbery : they confided only of 
a few living twigs, whofe tops were bent and interwoven into 
each other, forming a frame, of the ihape of a parabola, about 
five feet high and eight in diameter. Thefe frames were rudely 
covered over with branches of trees and long grafs, and were 
evidently intended only as temporary abodes. 
A chief of the name of I'oohy paid us a vifit, drank a few 
glaffes of wine which he feemed very much to relifh, and 
received a fmall prefent of beads and tobacco ; but the objedt 
that feemed moft to engage his attention was the wifli to pro- 
cure for himfelf a pair of breeches. Among our party were a 
few tolerably ftout and tall men, yet none of their breeches 
would fu{Fer Tooley's thighs to enter into them. He was a 
ftrong mufcular man, of fix feet in height, and well made. He 
was good-humored and cheerful, but did not appear to be pof- 
felTed of much intelle£t. He declined entering into any con- 
verfation that led to the purport of our journey, and faid that 
his brother Malloo^ who was one of the firft of the KafFer 
chiefs, would talk to us on that fubjedt. An exprefs was 
therefore fent for Malloo, who was at a little diftance on the 
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