• s x o i x v x i h v h s N a i s i H J s o a ¿Km S E C O N D J O U R N E Y . 7 1 hundred miles to the fouth-eaft; but finding both my oxen O£t707b®'r and waggon in very indifferent order, for fo long a journey, I 1— altered my plan, and conceived the defign of making an ex- curfion to the Hantum, and part of the Bolhmens’ Land. This day we had feveral loud claps of thunder, and heavy rain. The variable ftate of the weather detained me here feveral days, during which I collected a variety of plants. When we left the Bokke Land, we directed our courfe eaft- ward, and arrived, on the twenty-third, at the houfe of Chrif- tian Bock, where I paffed the night. The following day we had ftormy weather, and heavy ihowers of rain and fleet; and towards the evening, hail and fnow. At eight in the evening, the thermometer was at forty-three degrees. The next morning a fevere froft killed moft of the corn, which at this time was about a foot in height; a circumftance which frequently occurs in this part of the country. I made an excurfion, on the twenty-feventh, to the northward, which is called the Bolhmens’ Land, from its being inhabited by the Bulh Hottentots; who' are a very different people from the other peaceable and well-difpofed inhabitants of this region. They are in fa it, fierce, cruel, and dilhoneft. In this, tour I vilited a houfe belonging to a Dutchman,- who had lived here for many years. A few weeks before our arrival he had been attacked by the Boihmen, who had
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