rofes. Thefe animals fubfift upon the wild Apricots which grow upon a ihrub from five to eight feet high, and upon the leaves and branches of a new fpecies of the Mimofa, which I fhall hereafter have occafion to defcribe. The following day I obferved thunder clouds to the eaft- w a rd ; and being apprehenfive of the river becoming impaff- able, we agreed to return the fame way to our waggons, being informed by the natives, that after the appearance of fuch clouds to the eaftward, they had feen the river impaffable in two days, and had frequently known it to continue fo till the month of May. The twenty-firft at night we eroded the river with fafety, and our Hottentots and oxen arrived on the twenty-fecond. We were here vilited by fome of the Buih Hottentots, who had come from the eaftward. Here alfo we parted from our friend and companion, Hermannjas Engelbright, who went on before us. After remaining a few days on the banks of the river, we prepared our waggon, with an intention of proceeding on our journey; but a ftorm came on from the fouth-weft, which obliged us to ftay all night. This tempeft began at noon and continued till midnight, during which time it blew down feve- ral large trees; and ftones of a large fize were hurled by the force of the wind up very confiderable precipices. When the ftorm abated, we continued our journey to the Small Nimiqua Land, where we arrived after a journey of five days, at the houfe of our companion Engelbright, who informed us, that n !779^ one of his horfes was devoured by a Lion, the fecond day after 1—r—>' he parted from us. We remained here a few days in order to refrelh ourfelves, and to reft our cattle. On the fourth of November we took leave of our friend, and directed our courfe towards the Bokke Veld, making ihort ftays, in fearch of plants. Mr. Van Renan and I left the waggon on the tenth, and in the evening arrived at the houfe of Mrs. Ryck. The next day we fent frelh oxen to our waggon, which arrived on the eleventh, in the evening. After a ftay of a few days in this place, we continued our journey to the north-eaft, towards the Rofhmens’ Land. In the evening we arrived at the houfe of Jacobus Van Renan, where were about thirty of the Hottentots, who had made peace with the Dutch, were retained in their fervice, and proved more faithful fervants than thofq who had been brought up in fubje&ion to the Dutch. In the morning we a little altered our di red ion, and travelled to the northward, and at night arrived at a brackilh fountain, fituate on a river, called by the Hottentots, Camdinie Rivier, where we remained all night on being informed that there were, numbers of Antelopes, called Spring Bocks, in this neighbourhood, which we intended to have the amufement of fhooting at the next day. The foil of this country is of a iandy loam, and the water is every where bad. The climate s
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