bounded by two ridges of hills, but not fo lofty as that of the Lange Kloaf. At the mouth of this river is a kind of bay, which may afford a fafe harbour for fhips. This part of the coaft is but little known, particularly to the eaft. In the afternoon we came to a place, called Eflen Bofch, (from a tree very ufeful in making waggons, which the Dutch call Eflen, or Aih.) We thence proceeded to a houfe beautifully fituated on the banks of a pleafant river, called Cab- leows River, from a fiih which goes by that name, and which is a fpecies of Cod, being found near its mouth. This houfe being the property of my particular friend, Mr. Van Renan, I ftaid a day, and viiited the ihore, which is only about an Englilh mile diftant. Among the rocks we found abundance of Oyfters, which were very good. Here is excellent pafture for cattle, and the farm produces plenty of corn, wine, and European fruits. We continued our journey, on the twenty-third, to the Camtours Rivier, where we refted during the heat of the day. On the banks of this river are woods of very large trees, particularly of the Mimofa, and other arborious plants peculiar to this country. Thefe woods are generally frequented by wild buffaloes, which are very fierce, and which confequently render travelling very dangerous. In the afternoon we were accompanied by a fervant of Mr. Van Renan, who was going towards the Lorie Rivier. About ten o clock at night, we arrived at the place where my waggon already was, and to our great furprife faw a wild buffalo ftanding clofe to it, which we at firft took for one of my oxen. Before we could afcertain whether this was the cafe or not, it fprung into the wood. The Lorie River derives its name from a fpecies of that bird, which is found in the woods on its banks, and joins the Camtours about a mile to the fouthward. The deep places are inhabited by the Hippopotamus Amphibius ; but thefe animals have been fo much hunted, that they feldom make their appearance out of the,water. We direfted our courfe from this place, fouth by eaft, through an uneven country, and in the evening came to Van Stada’s Rivier, where we obferved a beautiful wood upon the declivity of a hill, extending to the very banks of the river. Here I found fome plants of the Aletris Fragrans, upwards of twenty feet in height, and many in flower, as well as other beautiful plants. There were ajfo a great variety of birds of the moil beautiful plumage I had ever feen in the country. On the twenty-fixth I viiited the fea-fhore, which was five or fix miles to the fouthward. About a thoufand yards from the fea, the mouth of the river forms a lake, being dammed up by a bank of fand, which extends along the ihore. In the afternoon we continued our journey through an extenfive plain, where I found variety of bulbous plants, and numerous herds of the different animals peculiar to this country, fuch as the Eland, Quacha, Zebra, and a fpecies of Antelope, called by the Dutch, Hartebeeft, which is the Capra Dorcas of Lin- M
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