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and brutal punlfhments for every trifling fault, they have a con- 
ftant practice of retaining the v/ife and children and turning 
'* Caffres croiant que la derniere paix avoit finie tout dcmele entre eux envoyerenc 
" une bete a tuer au noveau commandant du fort, comme une marque d'amitie 
" et de reconciliation ; le Caffre le fit conduire par un Hottentot et Ferreira par 
" reconnoiffance fe faifit du CafFre, le brula tout vif, attacha le pauvre Hottentot 
" a un arbre, Iw coiipa un morciau de la chair de fa cuijfe, le hi jit manger tout cnie, et 
le rclacha enfuite." 
" As foon as the Englifh had abandoned the fort (at Algoa Bay) a boor named 
" Ferreira, of a Portugueze family, made himfelf mailer of it, and kept pofTeOion 
" till the arrival of a detachment of troops which Government fent thither, under 
* the command of Major Von Gilten, who is ftiU there. The KafFers, fully 
*' perfuaded that the late peace had put an end to all dilturbances between them, 
*' fent to the new commander of the fort a bullock to be fiain, as the tell of rc- 
conciliation and friendfliip. The Kaffer fent on the occafion put himfelf under 
" the guide of a Hottentot ; and Ferreira,, by way of returning the kind inten- 
" tion, laid hold of the Kaffer and broiled him alive; bound the poor Hottentot to 
" a tree, cut a piece of jlefli out of his thigh, made him eat it raw, and then rcleafed 
himl" 
If any one fhould be difpofed to think that I have exaggerated the cruelties com- 
•i-nitted by thefe inhuman brutes, I only requeft of them to read the pamphlet 
written by the private Secretary to the prefent Governor Janfens. 
"Nothing can be more deplorable than the ftate of the colony, as defcribed ia 
%his pamphlet, which was written juft before they had heard of the war ; and no- 
thing can exceed the difappointment of the Dutch in their expeftations with regard 
to the Cape. The Hottentot corps was difbanded ; mod of them fled into the in- 
terior to join their opprefled countrymen ; the KafFers were in arms againft the 
boors ; the garrifon in a ftate of complete infubordination ; the people detefting the 
Government and the Government afraid of the troops ; its credit deftroyed, money 
difappeared, commerce ruined, bankruptcies without end, and they wanted only a 
war to complete their mifery. Under fuch circumftances, how cheaply might 
England regain polTeflion of this important fettlement ! 
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