nd was so well supplied in various ways, as was the
small rock which he had passed so often on his outward-bound voyage, and
which he had always looked upon as a mere barren rock. Having no
intention of putting into Table Bay, he asked the lieutenant whether, if
he altered his course and kept closer in to the land, he would be able
to get into False Bay, and hence to Simon's Bay by the aid of his boats.

Knowing how much value these Indian traders set upon their time, the
lieutenant at once accepted this proposition; so the captain, steering
slightly more northerly, kept a course which would bring him within a
few miles of the Cape of Good Hope, at which point, if the weather were
favourable, he proposed lowering the lieutenant's boats, and starting
him on his short voyage into the bay.

The distance which had taken the boats several days to pass over, was
run by the Indiaman in about fifty hours, and when the entrance to False
Bay was directly north of them, the boats were lowered, and the
lieutenant, with Hans and the crew, were wished a hearty farewell; and
being supplied with some provisions in case of need, commenced their few
hours' rowing expedition, and shortly pulled round into Simon's Bay,
approached a man-of-war there lying at anchor, and having gone
alongside, the lieutenant, with the systematic method induced by
discipline, went on board and reported his arrival.

No intimation having been received either of the capture of the slaver
or of her destruction by fire, the arrival of the lieutenant was a great
surprise to the admiral at the station, and Hans, from having been
captured by the slavers, soon found himself an object of curiosity and
interest. The account which the lieutenant gave of him to the naval
officers was so flattering, and the account given of his proceedings on
the island and in the boats so much to his credit, that he stood in no
need of friends. From the Indiaman he had received presents of various
articles of clothes, of which he stood much in need, and having received
invitations to dine on shore with various official people who were
interested in his adventures, he was additionally supplied with all
necessaries by the officers of the ship.

The residents of Cape Town and the vicinity are proverbially hospitable,
and many of them being of Dutch extraction, Hans' adventures, and his
experience of the Matabili and Zulu warfare, were the very subjects on
which they were deeply intere