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and made me ashamed of myself. They took 
quantities of snuff, as being good for the eyes and 
clearing the intellects. I tried it, and verily beheve 
I benefited by it. We had messengers to-day from 
Impugan, bringing capital beer, and all wearing 
white feathers in their hair, a sign that they are 
friendly to us and bring us good news. We expect 
positively messengers from Mosilikatse to-morrow. 
We sent him many presents, mine consisting of a 
large, handsome, double, very bright scarlet blanket, 
beads of different varieties, and an immense German 
boar-hound, very handsome, shaggy and rough, 
called Smouse, who, however, bit the Kaffirs, got 
away, and was never more heard of, unfortunately, as 
I think Mosilikatse would have accepted and appre¬ 
ciated him. All the rest of the presents, however, 
he sent back with the message, 4 What was he to do 
with them P — they were not things he could eat, he 
was not a woman to adorn himself with ornaments, 
and he would not allow any of his tribe to wear a 
blanket; they were of no manner of use to defend 
himself and his people against their enemies, and we 
must take them back and send him a horse, guns, 
and ammunition.’ 
We were kept all the time, however, well supplied 
with beer, and had several presents of sheep, goats, 
and oxen for slaughter; and at last all our doubts 
were set at rest by a present of a snow-white 
heifer, which was meant to show that his heart was 
white towards us and we had nothing to fear. Had 
