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between the stones near our place, their lovely red large- 

 lobed flowers, ranged in spikes, with their stalks seven or 

 eight inches long, contrasting most agreeably amidst the green 

 colour of other plants. A few Hermannias, Solanum Melon- 

 genas (n. 1258), and a plant belonging to Gentianea, and 

 nearly related to Sebcea (n. 1192), with perennial roots, only 

 five or six inches high, were added to our collection. 



Some of Morocco*s herdsmen, who had their temporary 

 abode a short distance from our camp, and who presented 

 us with baskets filled with milk for our early breakfast, in 

 expectation of an equivalent in tobacco, informed us that 

 we had to travel for several hours, before we could arrive 

 at Taba Uncha. Many of Morocco's people passed our 

 waggons as we went on ; some were on their way towards 

 the boundary of the colony. The men were armed, either 

 with guns or with javelins ; some were clothed in European 

 dresses, others wore their national dress, made of sheepskin. 

 They drove oxen before them, loaded with leathern bags, 

 filled with the produce of their fields and gardens ; such as 

 Caffer corn, Indian corn, or pumpkins, they bring these 

 articles to the farmers lately emigrated from the colony, who 

 were living at that time near the Orange and the Caledon 

 Rivers, and who have no cultivated land or gardens. They 

 generally sell these things in exchange for sheep, or 

 tobacco. At our arrival at Taba Uncha, we were agreeably 

 surprized at seeing its extent and the peculiar construction 

 and uniformity of their houses, which correspond so correctly 

 with the faithful description from the able pens of Mr. 

 Burchell, and Professor Lichtenstein, who visited many 

 years ago some of these tribes, that it is hardly worth to 

 repeat again what they have already so clearly explained, 

 about the manners of these tribes, and their mode of hus- 

 bandry. 



Taba Uncha is the central place of the main body of the 

 Borolongs, a sub-tribe of the Betchuana nation, who were 

 conquered by the same Zoola despot, Moselekato, about 



