>775- to ihoot both the dogs and their mafters. This occafioned September. ^ Hottentots t0 call their dogs off, which Obeyed immediately. We then went into their houfes without delay or moleftation, fome of which were built of ftraw in a fquare form, with ihelving roofs, like the cottages of the flaves. In one of thefe cottages, on a little bench, we found our Hottentots fait afleep. We contented ourfelves with gently reproaching them on the fcore of their mifcondudt; but at the fame time, with an air of authority, commanded them to return to their duty. They, on their fide, without anfwering us or offering to gainfay us in the leaft, followed us as quietly as if they had been our prifoners. They took leave o f their countrymen and countrywomen by ;fhaking hands with each other, in the Dutch faihion, though without bowing; at the fame time with great Cordiality, and a deal o f talk on both fides. The women feemed as i f they 'wanted to keep them, and I do not doubt but that the fellows would have been eafily prevailed on, if our guns had been out o f the way. Indeed, with refpedt to my Hottentots, I was as much afraid of the temptations of the women as o f the intoxicating quality of the brandy; and therefore made fo much the more hafte to get away from this place, which otherwife might for many years have afforded employment to the attentive refearches and obfervations o f a botanift. Our departure took place in the beginning of Odtober; but before I go on any farther with my journal, I will fet down the ftate of the weather for the month of September juft elapfed. . The The rainy days were the 8th, 9th, 16th, 20th, 2iff, September. 14th, 25th, 29th; andthelaftof thefe days was remarkable W O for fouth-eaft winds and rain. The thermometer was for the moft part barly in the morning between 49 and 5 o, in the middle, o f the day between 76 and 80, and in the evening at fun-fet between 50 and 60. P p 2 C H A P .
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