1779. amongft thefe people was in the higheft degree wretched; and Auguft. ^ are appareiltjy the dirtieft of all the Hottentot tribes. Their drefs is compofed of the lkins of Seals and Jackals, the fleih of which they eat. When it happens that a Grampus is caft aihore, they remove their huts to the place, and fubfift upon it as long as any part of it remains; and in this manner it fometimes affords them fuftenance for half a year, though in a great meafure decayed and putrified by the fun. They fmear their fkins with the oil or tra in ; the odour of which is fa- powerful, that their approach may be perceived fome time before they prefent themfelves to the fight. They carry their water in the fhells of Oftrich eggs, and the bladders of Seals, which they fhoot with bows. Their arrows are the fame as thofe of all the other Hottentots. Towards the evening we returned to our boat, accompanied by four o f the natives. Our companions had been the whole' day employed in fifhing, with tolerable fuccefs; part of the fifh they had taken we gave to the ftrangers, which they thankfully received, and returned to their habitation. We next propofed to crofs the river to our waggons. The evening, however, being dark, our boat overloaded, and we totally ignorant of our courfe, we got into the furf, quite in the mouth of the river, and had a very narrow efcape. We were about half an hour in great danger; but one of our Hottentots obferving the fires made by our companions, we foon got into the right track. The following day we made an excurfion through the adja
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