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had been carried to Rio de la Goa,* to be sold. That place 
was represented to be about four days journey from the scene 
of the catastrophe. 
The natives in the neighborhood expressed great astonish- 
ment that the Dutch had been at such infinite pains to come 
in search of the unfortunate crew, and they all promised tliat, 
in case of any similar disaster, they would protect such peo- 
ple as migth be thrown upon the coast, if they could be as- 
sured of obtaining beads, copper, and iron for their trouble, 
which was liberally promised by the Dutch. 
These intrepid adventurers, who were now 447 leagues dis- 
tant from the Cape, and 226 beyond any Christian habitation, 
finding that nothing farther was to be discovered relative to 
the wreck, or the fate of the persons who had reached the 
shore, determined to return, particularly as Houltshausen's 
illness increased. 
On their way back they called at the bastard Christian vil- 
lage, and would have taken under their protection the three 
old women, who seemed desirous of living among Christians, 
but they wished first to gather in their crops ; adding, when 
that business was accomplished, their whole race, to the num- 
ber of about four hundred, would be happy to depart from 
their present settlement. Every indulgence was promised 
them in case they should be disposed to emigrate to the Cape. 
On seeing people of the same complexion as themselves they 
appeared to be exceedingly agitated. 
On their homeward journey the Dutch shot many elephants 
and sea-cows ; but on the first of December they met with a 
terrible accident while employed in cutting up the sea-cows 
killed the preceding day. " As we were thus engaged, (says 
the journalist,) a large elephant made up to the wagons ; we 
instantly pursued and attacked him, when having received 
several shot, by which he twice fell, he crept into a very thick 
underwood. Thinking we had killed him, Tjaart Van der 
Valdt, Lodewyk Prins, and Ignatius Mulder, advanced to the 
spot, when he rushed out furiously from the thicket, and 
catching hold of Prins with his trunk, trod him to death, dri- 
ving one of his tusks through the body and throwing it up 
into the air to the height of thirty feet. 
" The others perceiving that there was no possibility of es- 
caping on horseback, dismounted, and crept into the thicket 
to hide themselves. The elephant seeing nothing in view 
but one of the horses, followed him for some time, and then 
* Delagoa River. 
