s 1 ■ 1 i l l 1 Vi 5 H ■s 0 H J H J. § H O I I w 1 1 1 t 1 to flight, except a little Dog, which feemed to be equally unac- quainted with Europeans. Here we flayed fome time, and >— **— 1 examined their huts. In them we found feveral fpecies of aromatic plants which they had been drying, with the intention of mixing them up with greafe, to form an ointment which they ufe as we do perfume ; this ointment they call Buchee. We found alfo a few ikins of Seals, which are ufed for garments, and called Kerofe. Their huts were much fuperior to thofe of the generality of Hottentots; they were loftier, and thatched with grafs; and were furniihed with ftools made of the back-bones of the Grampus, Several fpecies of filh. were fufpended from poles ftuck into the ground. Having nothing about us which we thought would prove an acceptable prefent, Colonel Gordon cut the buttons from his coat, and depoiited them among the aromatic plants which were drying. In the mean time we again obferved thefe natives at the fame place where we had firft difcovered them. We made every poflible fign in order to allure them to us, and difpatched one of our Hottentots; who fpoke to them and affured them we had no evil intention. After fome time, Colonel Gordon went to them while I remained at their huts with the guns, and after much perfuafion he induced them to return to their Kraal. They were eleven in number, and were the only natives who inhabited this part of the country. We inquired after- other nations, but they could give us no account, except of the Nimiquas, whence wre had juft come. A Nimiqua woman who lived with them, was the only one of the company who knew any thing of Europeans. Though few in number, they were governed by a chief,, whofe name was Cout.. The mode of living
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