apparent vegetation ; but in the plain part of the country to the weftward, I found a variety of the moft beautiful plants, particularly Geraniums and Afclepias; but very few of the fucculent kind. The banks of the river produce lofty trees peculiar to this country, fuch as Mimofa, Salix, and a fpecies o f Rhus, called by the Dutch, Rezyne Houd. There are alio a few trees of Ebony; but to the eaftward it grows in ftill greater abundance. In the afternoon our waggon not being arrived, we returned the fame way we came, and found our people had taken a different direftion. We followed their track, and overtook them near the mouth of the river. In the evening we launched Colonel Gordon’s boat, and hoifted Dutch colours. Colonel Gordon propofed firfl to drink the States’ health, and then that of the Prince of Orange, and the Company; after which he gave the river the name of the Orange River, in honour of that Prince.O ’ We agOreed to remain in this fituation a few days, and to vilit the oppofite ihore, as we had in this place very good paifure for our cattle. T h e following day, therefore, we employed ourfelves in fifhing, and towards the evening had the great fatisfaftion of once more beholding our loft companion, Mr. Pinar, who arrived with three of the Hottentots. They looked dreadfully ill, having travelled five days through fultry defarts, over fandy hills and rocky mountains, without tailing food or iwallowing a drop of water. On the fifth day they difcovered a fmall fountain, where they left one of the Hottentots, who was fo exhaufted that they had no expectation he could furvive the Q.
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