SOUTHERN AFBICA. 
portance. They decide, also, the differences 
which arise among the members of the commu- 
nity ; though, from the gentle and peaceable dis- 
position here prevalent, quarrels are few and of 
little importance. 
The mission had determined to proceed north- 
wards, in order to visit the Barroloos, a tribe of 
whom they had learnt some particulars. The 
king of Leetakoo, however, drew such an unfa- 
vourable and alarming picture of that nation, that 
they were deterred from advancing. But, on 
their return homewards from Leetakoo, they met 
a Hottentot who had been in the country of the 
Barroloos, and assured them that they were a 
milder, more civilized, and courteous people, than 
the Boshuanas ; that their cities were larger, 
their houses better built, and their fields more 
highly cultivated, and that their capital was only 
ten days' journey distant from Leetakoo. The 
king of the Boshuanas appeared, therefore, to 
have been swayed by the jealousy usual among 
neighbouring states ; though, from subsequent 
accounts, it appears doubtful if his report was so 
wholly unfounded as was at one time supposed. 
Soon after the report of Messrs Trutter and 
Sommerville was received at the Cape, the go- 
vernment of the colony felt a laudable desire to 
follow out this interesting train of discovery, 
