SOUTHERN AFRICA, 
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He, in the fubfequent wars between the boors and Hottentots, 
was fhot through the head in his own houl'e ; which was after- 
wards burnt to the ground ; his property plundered and dc- 
ftroyed, and his family reduced to extreme poverty. 
The fanguinary charader of many of the African colonifts 
may be owing, perhaps, in a certain degree, to the circumftance 
of their having been foldiers in German regiments ferving 
abroad j where the leaft relaxation from a rigid fyftem of difci- 
pline is followed up by the greateft feverity of punifhment. The 
foldier, having ferved out the time of his engagement, which 
at moft is five years, is at liberty to demand his difcharge. If 
he is able to read and write, however indifferently, he ufuallj 
finds employment, as fchoolmafter, in a boor's family ; if not 
qualified fcr fuch a fituation, he either engages as a fort of fer- 
vant, or hires himfelf to fome butcher of the town, who fends 
him to the extremities of the colony to colled fheep and cattlei 
In all thefe fituations he has the opportunity of making an inti- 
mate acquaintance with the boors, which generally leads to his 
marriage with one of their daughters. The parents of the girl 
fpare him a few fheep and cattle to commence with, on con- 
dition of their receiving half the produce as intereft, until he 
can repay the capital ; he looks out for a place, as it is called, no 
matter where, whether within or without the limits of the co- 
lony, and builds for himfelf a hut ; with his cattle are configned 
to him, at the fame time, and on the fame terms, as he fuppofes, 
a few little Hottentot children to look after them j and on thefe 
little creatures, in the plenitude of his power, fubjed to no 
3 controul. 
