TRAVELS IN 
that it was morally impoflible for the by-ftanders to obfervc 
th^ gravity of countenance which the occafion required j and 
the awkward manner in which they difmounted, with the dif- 
ficulty that fome of them experienced on account of the pro- 
tuberance of their bellies, in grounding their arms, were fuffi- 
cient to throw the moft ferious off their guard. The General 
feledted nine of the ringleaders, and fent them under an efcort 
on board his Majefty's fliip the Rattlefnake, then at anchor in 
Algoa Bay ; on the reft he levied a certain fine towards de- 
fraying the expences of the expedition, which their abfurd and 
rebellious condud: had occafioned. 
Before this termination of difturbances, which, if fuffered to 
extend to the other diftri<Ss of the colony, might have been 
attended with more ferious confequences. General Dundas ac- 
cepted my offer to proceed through the diftrid; of Zwellendam, 
for the purpofe of cutting off any communication with Graaf 
Reynet, and particularly with a view of preventing any fup- 
plies of gunpowder from reaching the rebels ; at the fame time 
to fend up to the Cape certain perfons, who had ftiewn them- 
felves aftive in promoting difcontent in Zwellendam, and who 
were known to be difaffe£ted, not only to the Britifh govern- 
ment, but to every other that laid them under the reftraint of 
laws. This journey, the extent of which was intended t^ be 
confined to the borders of the Camtoos river, dividing the 
two diftrids of Graaf Reynet and Zwellendam, was prolonged, 
by unforefeen circumftances, into the country inhabited by the 
Kaffers : and it thus afforded the principal part of the remarks 
and obfervations which are contained in the prefent chapter. 
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