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A LEVEE OF KORAS. 
SO Sepi. 
they belonged ; continuing to cry Peevit ! Peevit ! the whole night 
long*. 
30^^. We were not aware till the morning, that there were any 
inhabitants at this place : a kraal of Koras, or, as they are often 
called, Koranas, were stationed here with their cattle. I was just 
risen, and employed in putting on my clothes, when several 
men in leathern karosses and caps, and with a skin coloured with 
red ochre, lifted up the canvas flap which closed the end of the 
waggon, and one by one bade me Dag ! or Goei Morg ! (Good day ! 
or Good morning !) the only words which they were able to say in 
Dutch. Finding that a strange white man was arrived in the coun- 
try, they were very curious to see me ; nor could my people restrain 
their impatience to interrupt me before I was dressed. They satis- 
fied their curiosity with much good nature and respect ; going away 
as soon as I had returned their salutation : but this visiting, which 
was a true levee, in the strict and original meaning of the word, 
lasted so long that I believe every individual in the kraal came to 
have a sight. They were very desirous that I should come out of 
the waggon and show myself By this time my shaving and dress- 
ing were completed ; and just as I was about to make my appearance, 
another levee commenced. The women, in their turn, must gratify 
their curiosity also ; and jumping up on the step, as many as could 
stand on it repeated their " Dag, Mynheer /" and made room for 
others. Among the number of faces which peeped in under the 
canvass, were many that might justly be called pretty. Good hu- 
mour beamed in every countenance ; the girls appeared lively and 
modest, without timidity. The looking-glass, that often tried and 
never-failing source of surprise to uncivilized tribes of every quarter 
of the globe, produced on these also the usual effect. They called 
to each other to come and see ; and presently tlie end of my waggon 
looked like a heap of faces, all distorted either with surprize or 
laughter ; and, as it reflected the whole group, they had sufficient 
* A species of Charadrius, or Plover, 
