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made his appearance at the head of a party to that amount, each 
armed with a haflagay or fpear. 
On being told how neceflary It was, for the fake of preferving 
tranquillity, that he fliould quit his prefent ftation among the 
boors, he replied, with great firmnefs, that the ground he then 
flood upon was his own by inheritance, for that his father had 
been cheated out of it by a Dutch Landroft of Graaf Reynet ; 
that, however, being defirous of remaining in friendfliip with 
the Englifh, he would remove eaRward in the courfe of three 
days ; but that it was impoffible for him to crofs the Great 
Fifh River, as there was a deadly hatred, or, as he exprefTed it, 
there was blood between Gaika and himfelf; and that Gaika was 
then much too powerful for him. 
The decided tone in which he fpoke, at the head of his fmall 
party, when furrounded by Britifh troops ; his prepoflefTing coun- 
tenance, and tall mufcular figure, could not fail to excite a 
ftrong intereft in his favour. An open and manly deportment, 
free from rufpiclon, fear, or embarradmen!:, feems to charaiterize 
the Kaffer chiefs. Though extremely good-humoured, bene- 
volent, and hofpitable, they are neither fo pliant nor fo paf- 
five as the Hottentot. The poorer fort are fometimes led to 
feek for fervice among the boors, and engage themfelves for fo 
many moons in confideration of fo many head of cattle j and 
they never fuffer themfelves to be duped out of their hire like 
the eafy Hottentots. The converfation with Congo ended by 
recommending him to withdraw his people and their cattle from 
the 
