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Some account of the Cape of Good Hope

these cliks do not seem to have any particular meaning except possibly to divide words or certain combinations of words  how this can be effected unless they can click with their tongues without inspiring their breath appears mysterious to a European & yet I am told that many of the Dutch Farmers understand & speak their language very fluently  almost all of them however speak dutch which they do without clicking their tongues or any peculiarity whatsoever

[Margin note]  Mauvais honte
In general they have more false shame (Mauvais Honte) than any people I have seen  which I have often had occasion to experience when I have with the greatest dificulty persuaded them to dance or even to speak to each other in their own Language in my presence   their songs & dances are in Extremes  some tolerably active consisting of brisk musick & quick motions generaly consisting of distortions of the body with unnatural leaps  crossing the

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