' 778- killed four of his Hottentot?, and wounded another. Thefe '— marauders carried away alfo feveral of his cattle, which he was never able to recover. The twenty-ninth, upon leaving the Hantum, we returned to the Bokke Lands Bergen, intending to return to the Cape, along the ihore of the Atlantic Ocean. The thirty-firft, when arrived at the Bokke Land, we were compelled to remain there feveral days, from the flate of the weather, which was very rainy and variable. I there found many curious plants, among which was one called Elephant s Foot*. I could find none of them in flower, but on my paflage to Europe, on board the Held Woltemade, Dutch Eaft Indiaman, was fortunate enough to have one of them, which flowered in the month of April. Upon examination, I found it to be a plant of the clafs Dioecia Hexandria. It has a large folid bulb, which fprouts to the height of five or fix feet, and afterwards ihoots out into fmall climbing branches with roundiih heart-ihaped leaves. The natives eat the root, which they eiteem very falubrious. We took leave of this place on the fixth of November, accompanied by two fons of Mrs. Ryck, and an overfeer of Mr. Van Renan’s farms, in this part of the country, who was going on a {hooting party. I alfo partook of the diverfion, and left the waggon to proceed to a place called the Lion’s Dance, * Smilax. where we intended to flay all night. Our way lay through a No,7e^ er low country of a clayey foil, called Karo. We faw much '—i— 1 game ; and the fervant of Mr. Van Renan, being an excellent markfman, ihot two Elks, both of which were much larger than an Engliih bullock: the fleih of this animal is palatable though dry. At night we returned to the Lion’s Dance, where we found our waggon. Early, on the feventh, we parted with our friends, and diredied our courfe fouth-weft, having the Bokke Lands Bergen on our left hand, and the Atlantic Ocean on our right, at the diftance of about thirty miles. We travelled the whole day and till midnight, when we found a fountain of brackiih water. We refted at the fide of this fountain the remaining part of the night. The next day my companion and myfelf left the waggon, and dire&ed our courfe weft north-weft. In the afternoon we arrived at the Elephant’s River, and found it fo deep that our horfes fwam about ten yards. We foon reached the oppofite ihore, where, at a little diftance, was the houfe of a Dutchman who had lived many years on the banks of this river, and kept a fmall boat for tranfporting waggons, in time of neeefllty. We flayed here, waiting for our waggon, and dried our clothes. We were employed, during the following day, in tranfporting our baggage over the river. On the banks of it are many large trees of Mimofa and Tarchonanthus Camphoratus. The L
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