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January belonging to the Ghriffians; alledging, by way o f giving a v y rO reafon for his refufal, that they were his beft warriors.' Before I proceed, agreeably to the order of my journal, to fpeak of Agter Bruntjes-hoogte, where I lived for fome time, I mull: juft mention the following particulars relative to a province immediately bordering upon it. Camdebo is an arid, flat, Carrow-like trail of Country, inhabited by Chriftians, who are chiefly employed in rearing cattle. This diftriil is faid to extend as 'far as the fouth fide of the Sneeuw mountains. From the information and accounts that were given me, I have laid down in my map two different roads, by which people may go to the Cape through Camdebo, both from Agter Bruntjes-hoogte and from the Sneeuwbergen. The north Toad is-faid 'to go to An- tbon- veld, _ Kau-veld, and Bokke-veld. The fouthern Way goes downwards to Oliphanfs-rivier, and fo along that to the high road, by which I wfeiit ¡myfelf, and which I have laid down in my map. You may likewifeitirn out o f this fouthern road before, and go by Platte-kloof, Hex-rMer', and fo on to the Cape. The inhabitants o f Camdebo and Sneeuwbe'rg have likewife, it is faid, found out a-by-road, though rough and intricate, down by the fide o f Zo'ndags- rivier to Zwartkops-rivier, in order to provide themfelves with fait at the falt-pits defcribed above. Thefe two roads through Camdebo, See. are, it is true, the neareft from Bruntjes-hoogte to the Cape -, and in fadl, the only road that pedple take. But the trails of country through which/they are carried, are faid to be but little inhabited, very arid, and deficient In ‘refpeil to pailurage, and ff ill more fo in the article nfi Wa!Ser; particularly that year, year, which was fuppofed to be the drieil in the memory of jan7u7ary,. man, fo that fome particular watering-places were entire- ly dried u p .' I was told of a traveller, the greater part of- whofe oxen had, on occafion of this circumitance, fainted and died upon the road. Confequently, our beaits, which were too few in number to be able to relieve each other much, by this time wearied out, and not ufed to put up with the dry buihes of the Carrow country, were the more likely to periih, had we not, on the icore of thefe confederations, fuffered ourfelves to be entirely dif- fuaded from travelling by thefe roads. I was likewife obliged to give up all thoughts of vifiting Sneeuwberg and Camdebo, on account of the diforder among the horfes, which was faid at this time to be very rife, and had already reached almoff as far as to Agter Bruntjes-hoogte. hi this place, moreover, there were many birds, infedls, and animals which I had not feen in other parts, and which gave me fufiicient employment. Befides, my prefent hoft, who wiihed to keep me with him for the fake of two people’ who were lick in his houfe, was extremely civil to me, and affifted me greatly in my refearches; and, together with one of his fons and his fon-in-law, accompanied me afterwards on a hunting-party down Vifcb-rivier, which lafted for a fortnight, and o f which I ihall give an account hereafter. Having fo many fubje&s.to employ myfelf upon, I was almoft tempted to remain here during the winter, in order to make a trip the following fpring to the 'fambuki mines, and at the fame to go in quell o f the unicorn. In fa£t, _ both Mr. Im m e lm a n and myfelf endeavoured to perfuade V o l . II. Y . . feveral


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