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Excerpt from British Possessions in Africa Herry then [at the time chosen for taking him] lay with his camp about half an hour's walk from the fort, at Salt River, with a good herd of sheep and cattle (believing himself still in our best graces), and he suffered himself to be enticed by fair words into the commander's office, when, upon the 3rd of July following [about a week afterwards] the order was given to Sergeant Jan van Harwarden, to surround Herry's camp with a party of soldiers, with concealed weapons, and then to fetch all the stock, great and small, to the fort; which was easily carried into execution by him in sight of Herry (who was stand ing the while with us upon the Cat), but not without danger to the sergeant's life from some bold Hot tentots, who opposed him with assagays, and one of whom he killed, wounding also two or three others, who, with the aid of some more Hottentots, several times repossessed themselves of the cattle; but he as often overtook them on horseback, and besides those wounded, as before stated, shot one, and at last brought all the live stock to the fort, being 110 very fine cattle, and 250 tolerably good sheep, which fully repays us for the stolen cattle, and for the merchandise entrusted to Herry; while, at the same time, by the killing and wounding of the said Hottentots, the murder of the Dutch boy is partially revenged, but not punished. Poor Herry, and three or four of his companions, who were suspected of having been concerned in the robbery (five years before) were sent to the convict establish ment at Robben Island, but he being old and unfit for work, could not be made very serviceable. His niece, Eva, who had lived from the first coming of the Dutch in the family of Van Riebeeck, pleaded for him like Esther for her uncle Mordecai,1 but not with a like result. Herry, how ever, and another Hottentot, succeeded, about a twelvemonth after, in making their escape to the main land in a small two oared boat. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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