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General Vandeleur. The rebellious boors, now colIe£led in 
very confiderable numbers, had ftationed themfelves between 
the drofdy and Algoa Bay, where they had formed a kind of 
camp, and, to a certain degree, according to the new term 
which their Cape friends had taught them to adopt, had organised 
their forces. 
But as the courage of thefe people difplays itfelf only on par- 
ticular occafions, fuch as in adling againft defencelefs Hottentots, 
the moment they heard that troops were advancing, they 
thought proper to difperfc;, leaving, in the hands of a neutral 
perfon, a moft humble petition, in which they acknowledged 
their error, and fupplicated forgivenefs. To this addrefs the 
general very properly returned a verbal anfwer, dating, that he 
could hold no communication with rebels, until they had volun- 
tarily furrendered themfelves to his difcretion, and laid their 
arms at his feet ; that, for this purpofe, he fhould name a cer- 
tain place and day ; and that all fuch as (hould not appear at 
the time and place appointed, would be confidered in the light 
of rebels and traitors to his Majefty's government, and would 
be purfued accordingly. 
On the day fixed, the majority of the rebels obeyed the fum- 
mons ; and never furely was exhibited fuch a motley group of 
armed cavalry fo whimfically equipped. The greater part 
were fuch uncouth beings, fo very 
*' Huge of bulk, 
*♦ Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait,"" 
that 
