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come from a distant country. The former, in one part of its course 
between Karupny and the Gariep, approaches very near to the 
Yellow river, or more probably to some branch of it. 
Having made presents of dried meat to as many of the Bushmen 
as the stock he had brought with him would allow, he returned 
home, accompanied by about a dozen of the natives. They remained 
that night at our station, and when 1 arrived, were preparing to 
depart ; as they told us they were going to attack a neighbouring- 
kraal, who had stolen from them two goats. Nor did they think they 
should be able to pay us another visit for several days, this affair being- 
likely to occupy them during that interval. As Bushmen, they were 
considered good-looking and rather tall men, and in port like most 
of their countrymen, very erect. Besides feeding them plentifully 
while they remained at our station, we gave each of them, on going 
away, seven or eight pounds of dried meat, and bargained to pay 
them in tobacco, for a quantity of rushes which they engaged to cut, 
and bring over to us. 
1th. In the afternoon Speelman, and Willem Berends, arrived 
with the meat of our last hippopotamus ; which Berends immediately 
began to divide, openly taking to himself all the best pieces, and 
much more than his share. For it seems that I had outwitted him, 
by sending Speelman on this expedition, and by being also present 
myself, so that he found himself compelled, sorely against his wish, 
to divide with me all the game that was shot. I had now for my 
share, a waggon load of dried meat; which was so much more than 
his greediness could endure to see, that he was unable to conceal his 
disappointment and ill-will. He laid claim to half the hide of which 
the vat was made, merely because he knew that by taking it away, 
he should occasion all my salt-meat to be spoiled : but this I resisted, 
and thought it advisable to convince the by-standers, that he had 
already taken more than his due share of the shamboks. Those which 
fell to me, I distributed equally amongst my own men. 
From that time we had no more dealings together ; and a day 
or two afterwards, when it became known to Mr. Jansz how lar^e a 
quantity of powder and ball I had supplied this man with, and his 
