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OFFICIAL PAPERS. 
8 — June, 
the complement of my party. He knew of several who happened to 
1)6 at that time in Cape Town, and who, he thought, would be will- 
ing to go with us. With this view he went every day to the Pagters 
(the licensed retailer of wine and brandy), where, he said, he had no 
doubt of meeting with them. He was quite right in his idea of 
where his countrymen were most likely to be found, when they 
come up to Cape Town ; for these pernicious wine and brandy- 
houses are commonly filled with these thoughtless creatures, who 
never leave them till every stuiver of their money is spent. Among 
the number which he saw there in the course of the week, not 
one could be obtained fit for the service, as all those whom he would 
have persuaded to join us, were unfortunately bound by legal con- 
tract to other masters. 
There remained another resource in the Hottentot settlement 
under the Moravian missionaries at Groene Kloof, (Green Pass), and 
I immediately despatched a letter to Mr. Sclmiidt, one of the Brethren, 
requesting that, if any men could be found inclined for such a jour- 
ney, they might be sent to Cape Town as soon as possible. 
As, by the laws of the colony, every inhabitant is prohibited 
going beyond the established boundary, it became necessary that I 
should be provided with a special permission for that purpose. Ac- 
cordingly, I received from the Colonial Secretary's office the proper 
document, and, together with it, another official paper which the 
Governor, to facilitate my views, ordered to be prepared for me. It 
was written in duplicate in the English and Dutch languages, and 
was addressed to " all Landdrosts, Field-cornets, and other inhabit- 
ants, requiring them to afford every accommodation in their power, 
and to provide every necessary I might stand in need of and require; 
and also to convey back to Cape Town such letters, parcels, &c. as 
I should have occasion to send." Persons in the employ of govern- 
ment, are, when travelling in their official capacity, usually furnished 
with papers of this nature. The degree and kind of accommodation 
and assistance which this procured for me, will appear in the sequel. 
I3th. In the mean time, constantly occupied in getting all things 
