177-5* Oiiober. In the neighbourhood of Brak-rivier, as well as in other places in Lange Kloof, they made great complaints concerning the .p-— grafs mentioned above, as growing in Arta- quas Kloof; though nobody could, with any degree of certainty, point out any particular herb as coming under that denomination. In this part of the country I was confulted by a married woman, who, through ignorance, as well as impatience, had pulled away piece-meal her uterus, which was in a prolapfed ftate, without any bad coniequences enfuing. Near the iburce o f Keurebooms-rivier there was a farm, from which, by a troublefome foot-path, one might go in a day to Algoa-bay in Houtniqiias. Pott-rivier is likewife called Chamika, a name, which, as there was no room for it in the map, I thought it was proper to mention here for the fake o f future travellers. As Mr. I m m e l m a n and I being on horfeback, had rode to a good diftance before the waggon, we loft our way, it being then very daik ; we had the good luck, however, at length, to come up to a farm, not far from the laft-mentioned river. We found the farm inhabited only by fome Hottentots, who were left there by a colonift in order to look after it. They were fo crofs-grained, as not to anfwer either in Dutch or Por- tuguefe Mr. I m m e l m a n ’s enquiries about the road, although he promifed to give them fomething to drink, and though, as we were, afterwards allured, they perfectly un- derftood both tliefe languages; but, to make amends, they jabbered a great deal to us in their own, of which, however, we could not comprehend a fyliable. I do not know whether whether this behaviour proceeded from a wicked difpoii- ¿ 2?$:. tion, the foundation of which is to be fought for in the ge- neral depravity, as it is called, of human nature; or whether it might not father be confidered, as a well-founded grudge harboured in the breafts of thefe people againft the Chriftian colonift?. We fince heard of many inftances; in which the fame thing had happened elfewhere to other Chriftians, who, by way o f putting a trick on thefe poor fellows, pretended to be ignorant of the Hottentot language; and by this means heard unfufpedted the aiifwers of the Hottentots,, conlifting in mere impertinence and fcofling jefts, which they threw out againft the Chriftans with the higheft glee, and, as they thought, with-impunity, till the latter pulled off the maik in order to avenge themfelves. As we could get no information from thefe Hottentots, we endeavoured to find the way again ourfelves, as well as we could : but juft as I imagined I had hit upon it, and as I was riding acrofs the river juft mentioned, my horfe fank all at once in the ooze quite up to the faddle. I immediately threw myfelf off on the bank; but we found it a difficult matter to drag my horfe out of this quagmire ; and afterwards were obliged, together with our waggon, that came up afterwards, to wait for the dawn of the following day (the a ad) before we could find the right fording- place, when we proceeded to the river Kukoi, or, as it is pronounced, fKu-fkoi. This name, which fignifies head or matter, lias probably been beftowed upon this river, as being the firft branch, or rather the fource of the great river of fCam-t-Nafi, which again runs into that of tCamtour. The farm at V o l . I. R r Kukoi
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