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South African Collections of Plants. 



(Mr. Burke's Journal, continued from Vol. IV. p. 643.) 



On the 9th of Nov. I heard that the " Deborah," arrived 

 in Algoa Bay, has our goods on board, and, being satisfied 

 on this point, and finding that my people behave so ill in 

 the village that they are threatened with imprisonment, I 

 determined on quitting Uitenhage and going to Saut Fonteyn, 

 nine miles off, whither the paper, &c. can be sent to me 

 from Algoa Bay. It was only by promising them some 

 brandy that I could induce the men to come, and one Hot- 

 tentot, whom I had dispatched to fetch the oxen, staid away 

 all night, obliging me to send another to look for him next 

 day. At last we started, with three waggons and thirty-six 

 oxen in good condition, and getting rid of the women with 

 less trouble than I anticipated, we went to Saut Fonteyn. 

 On the 11th I visited the source of the stream which sup- 

 plies Uitenhage, and found the ground where the water rises 

 covered for a considerable space with Cliffortia elegans. On 

 the hills around, Helichrysum nudifolium, Lissochilus speciosus 

 and Jasminum Capense were common. We had not been 

 long at Saut Fonteyn, when two Hottentot women arrived, 

 who apparently persuaded William Kafir and another man to 

 apply for permission to spend a day at Uitenhage, where I 

 heard they were soon imprisoned, and only released to return 

 directly to me, which they did in great ill-humour. We saw 

 in this neighbourhood some duikers and grais boks, and shot 

 several birds. The Nymphaa scutifolia was beautifully in 

 flower in the river. The weather became very fine and warm, 

 the thermometer often indicating 90° in the shade. One 

 night a lion crossed the path but a short distance from the 

 waggons. 



Punyer having arrived from Algoa Bay without the paper, 

 and only bringing two cases of articles of very little conse- 



