 | 1802 - 888 pages
...of fifty or sixty, formed a circle round us, and endeavoured to entertain us with their good-humored and lively conversation. It was not long before Gaika,...under the shade of a spreading mimosa. He requested that-we might all he seated in a circle on the ground, not as any mark of civility, but that it might... | |
 | 1802 - 886 pages
...of fifty or sixty, formed a circle round us, and endeavoured to entertain us with their good-humored and lively conversation. It was not long before Gaika, the king, made his appearance riding on an ox in lull gallop, attended by five or six of his people. Our business commenced with little ceremony under... | |
 | R. P. Forster - 1818 - 508 pages
...entertain us with their good-humoured and lively conversation. It was not long before (!<til,-". the ki«g, made his appearance riding on an ox in full gallop,...of a spreading mimosa. He requested that we might be all seated in a circle on the ground, not as a mark of civility, but that it might the more distinctly... | |
 | 1820 - 438 pages
...mother of this chief, about 35, and his queen, a very pretty girl of 15, the king made his appearance on an ox in full gallop, attended by five or six of his people. Business commenced with little ceremony under the shade of a mimosa. Anticipating with great promptitude... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 809 pages
...chief, about thirty-five, and his queen, a very pretty girl of fifteen, the king made his appearance w 5 & M Z q L ' C P ؾ # ' Rۙ B 04 Business commenced, with little c?remony, under the shade «fa mimosa. Anticipating, with great promptitude... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1847 - 544 pages
...conveyed, instead of through the medium of a Hottentot interpreter. While thus pleasantly chatting, Gaika made his appearance riding on an ox in full gallop, attended by five or six of his people similarly mounted. He invited us into his kraal, where the cattle are shut up at night, and received... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1847 - 558 pages
...conveyed, instead of through the medium of a Hottentot interpreter. While thus pleasantly chatting, Gaika made his appearance riding on an ox in full gallop, attended by five or six of his people similarly mounted. He invited us into his kraal, where the cattle are shut up at night, and received... | |
 | 1848 - 572 pages
...to be in possession of the tribe, and the chief himself approached the place of rendezvous mounted " on an ox in full gallop, attended by five or six of his people."* This offers a strong contrast to that interview which took place immediately before the commencement... | |
 | 1847 - 724 pages
...until the arrival of king Gaika, the narration proceeds : — " While thus pleasantly chatting, Gaika made his appearance, riding on an ox in full gallop, attended by five or six of his people, similarly mounted. He invited us into his Kraal, where the cattle are shut up at night, and received... | |
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Kaffer girl, about fifteen, with their female attendants, to the number of fifty or sixty, formed a circle round us, and endeavoured to entertain us with their good-humoured and lively conversation. It was not long before Gaika, the king, made his appearance... 