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" Article 2d. The women and children, and efpec'ially thofe 
" of the KafFers, that may happen to fall into the hands of the 
" Commajido^ are not to be mal-treated, nor the children taken 
away ; but, on the contrary, to be fafely returned by a proper 
" perfon to their refpe^live families, after the late example 
fiewji by the Kaffers at Plettenberg's Bay." (This alludes to 
the circumftances I have already related.) 
" Article 3d. On the conqueft of any kraal (village) the huts 
" are not to be fet on fire, as ufual ; as there is every reafon for 
*^ fuppoling that, to this pra&Ice alone^ the burning and plun- 
" dering of our farm-houfes are to be afcribed. 
" Article 4th. T'he dead carcaf^s of the enemy are not to he 
" violated, as has ufually been the pradlice of the evil-difpofed 
*' part of the Commandos, by cutting them uoith knives^ lajhing 
" them uoith ivaggon whips, and hacking them with Jlones ; as 
fuch conduc^l tends only to exafperate the enemy, and induces 
*' them to commit murder, 
" Article 5th. It is not, perhaps, advifable for the boors, in 
" the Jirjl injlance, to take away the cattle of the Kaffers ; be- 
" caufe, by doing this, the enemy will always be tempted to 
" hover round the Commando in order to watch a favourable 
" opportunity to retake them ; befides, to guard a confider- 
" able number of cattle, by requiring many men, v/eakens the 
" Commando; they ought *-herefore to confine their operations 
" to the purfuit of the enemy, and to expel them the country, 
