in croffing the river— Hottentots eat locujls— Account o f the quadrupeds that chiefly inhabit this part o f the country— Mr. Van Renan kills a Camelopardalis; the greatefi part o f which is carried o ff by the Lions— Some account o f thefudden overflowing o f the river, and the great heat o f the climate— Shoot an Hippopotamus: fame account o f the manner in which the natives catchthefe animals— Zebras Fountain— Difficulties m croffing a fandy plain — Sendfor afffflance— Arrival at the Brack Fountain— Small Copper Berg Fountain— Viflt the copper mines— Camis Berg, the fumrner rejidence o f mofl o f the boors in the Nimiqua Land— Proceed to Cafpers Iilo a f and thence towards the Bdkke Veld— Lntention o f croffing the country from the BokkeVeldtoCaffraria— Reafonsfor not being able to perform that journey— Viflt part o f the Bofhmens Land— Arrive at the Elephants R iver— Continue our journey to the Heer Lodfeiment— Picquet Berg— Arrive at the Berg River ; thence proceed to the Cape Town— Arrive 20 th November 1778. M7ay. A F T E R remaining four months at the Gape, I fet out, 1— •— ' - E X . in May, upon a fecond journey into the country. In this excuriion I was accompanied by a young gentleman, who, though an inhabitant of the Cape Town, was poffeffed of feveral farms in the interior parts of the country. In the morning of the twenty-fecond of May, we left Ronda Bofchie, a houfe belonging to my companion’s father, from whom I had always experienced the utmoft friendihip during my refidence in this country. We proceeded through a large fandy plain to the Tyger Berg, where we dined. The country had at this time a very bufy appearance, as the farmers were all engaged in plowing, and fowing their grain. In the afternoon we continued our journey to the fouth-eaft; and that night refted at the houfe of a Mr. Cluta, near Stillen Bofch. On the twenty-third, we proceeded to the Erft Rivier, and made a ihort excuriion to the Stillen Bofch Mountains, where ¡Z7SMay. I collected many beautiful plants, particularly Ericas and Oxa- 1—r—> lias, with which the whole face of the country was beautifully decorated. The land is, in this part, uncommonly fertile, producing plenty of Corn and Wine, and all the fruits which are found at the Cape. The next day we directed our courfe eaft fouth-eaft, to the Hottentot Holland’s Kloaf, where there is a fteep path acrofs the large chain of mountains (mentioned in my firft journey) which begin at Cape Falfe, and continue in a north-weft direction, fending out feveral branches into the interior parts of the country. Thefe mountains are often covered with fnow during the winter months: this being the beginning of that feafon, I was in hopes of difcovering many plants which might endure our climate, and be rendered ufeful: this defire was a principal motive for my fetting out at this time, when travelling is attended with peculiar danger, from the fudden fwelling of the Rivers. In the afternoon we reached Knoflick Kraals Rivier, which was impalfable till the twenty-fixth, when we left this place, and proceeded to the warm bath, which is about fixty miles from the Cape. We continued our journey to the Tyger Hock, and hunted a fpecies of Antelope, called Bonta Bock, which we killed. On our route we met with two peafants, who had travelled from a great diftance, and were on their way to the Cape. They informed us that, the country they had palled was parched up for want of ra in ; and that it was with great difficulty they
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