could procure water for their cattle, though in this part the rivers were fo fwoln as to be impaflable. On the twenty-eighth, we direfted our courfe eailward; but the inclemency of the weather obliged us to flop at the firft houfe we could find ; which was about eight miles from the Tyger Hock, where we flayed all night, and the next day advanced towards the Breed Rivier, where it is joined by the river Zondereynd; but were compelled to flop, from the impracticability of crofling the river. We were not the only travellers who were detained from the fame caufe; many waggons were flationed on the oppofite fide, which had been there for fome days, waiting till the water ihould fubiide. There is a ferry at this place, but it is of no ufe when the river is rapid. The man, who had the charge of the ferry, was an old German, and had lived between the two rivers for many years. He very kindly propofed to get us acrofs the river Zondereynd ; and offered us the ufe of his houfe till the river became paffable for the waggon. We left the Hottentots to take care of the baggage, and thankfully accepted of his offer. During our flay here, the thermometer was often at forty degrees, with much rain and fleet; and the mountains were covered with fnow. By the eighth of June, we croffed with great difficulty, and proceeded to Zwellendam, where we flayed all night. We proceeded from Zwellendam to Buffalye Agte Rivier, where I remained fome days at the houfe of Mr. Van Renan, and added greatly to my botanical collection. Mr. Van Renan furnifhed us with a team of frefh oxen, and accompanied us himfelf, on the fixteenth, to the mouth . 1 of the Gouds Rivier. I vifited Catharina Bay, which is about two hundred and eighty miles from the Gape. The bay is -wide, and opens from the fea, weft by n orth; which expofes fhips very much to the fouth-eail winds. About twelve years before, a French fhip was loft in this bay. The adjacent country is rather barren, and unfavourable to fhips which put in for refrefhment, being very thinly inhabited. Finding but few plants in flower, we returned to the houfe of Mr. Van Renan, to confider of the beft route to be taken ; at length we agreed to pafs the large chain of mountains to the weftward, by a pafs called Groena Kloaf, which we were informed was the fafeft and moft agreeable road at that feafon. In confequence of this refolution, we direCled our courfe to the weftward, and on the twenty-feventh reached the houfe of one Jacobus Botta, a man of ninety years of age, a period feldom attained in this country; where, though the people are in general very healthy while young, and the climate very favourable, they do not ufually enjoy a protradted exiftence. On the twenty-eighth we continued our route to the weft, along the chain of mountains, which I mentioned as covered with fnow. We found the day exceedingly cold, with heavy rains, and a ftrong north-weft wind. The thermometer, at eight in the morning, was at forty-three degrees; at noon, forty-feven ; at four in the afternoon, forty-four; and at eight G
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