day. Mr. Pinar appeared to be much lefs injured by his u n fortunate expedition than the Hottentots; their eyes were funk in their heads, and they appeared more like dead than living men. We made an excurlion, on the nineteenth, along the fhore, where we found numbers of wild Geefe, Ducks, Flamingoes, Pelicans, &c. The land forms a flat point, which extends from the mouth of the river, north-weft half weft : the Two Brothers, fouth-eaft by fouth, are diftant about twelve miles. The mouth is about half a mile in breadth ; but is enclofed by a ridge of rocks which lie a mile from the fhore, in a diredlion eaft and weft, and which render it impoflible for lhips to enter the river. The land is extremely low and barren ; to the weft- ward, fandy; and to the eaft, rocky. In the evening our Hottentot arrived, whom we had never expedted to fee again. The next day I crofled the river, in company with Colonel Gordon, and left the boat in order to make an excurfion to the weft ward. Here we obferved the print of human feet, which appeared to us to be freih. Upon this we refolved to purfue the track, and on our way faw feveral fnares laid for the wild beafts. After travelling about five miles to the northward, we perceived fome of the natives on a fandy hillock, about one mile from u s ; we made feveral fignals to them, but they feemed to be quite wild, and made their efcape. We continued to follow their path, which brought us to their habitation ; but we were ftill as unable to bring about any intercourfe with them as before; for the whole family immediately betook themfelves 1779. Auguft. I i l l BilSI
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