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best to show our permission to them, in order that they 

 might see we were no smugglers. The consequence, how- 

 ever, was contrary to what we expected, and instead of 

 satisfying them by this document, they were rather affronted 

 with it, and persisted in declaring that no government could 

 force them by an order to allow gunpowder to pass through 

 their territory. We attempted to explain to them the real 

 meaning of the permission; that it was intended only to 

 show to the colonial public functionaries, that we might be 

 allowed to pass unmolested over the boundaries ; but they 

 became the more insolent during this interview, and the 

 close of it would probably have been a scuffle with bludgeons 

 and horsewhips, were it not for the timely interference of 

 our kind and friendly host, himself a wealthy and influential 

 man amongst them, who rebuked them severely on their 

 nide conduct towards us. This had the good effect of 

 calming down their tempers. When they returned home 

 that afternoon, we shook hands as good friends, and received 

 the assurance that we might go wherever we liked, that 

 nobody should hinder us on our way. Although many 

 plants about the environs of this river were similar to those 

 we had already observed along the country over which we 

 had travelled since we had left the colony, yet it was inte- 

 resting to meet with some species, here for the first time, 

 differing from the rest of the Flora of that country. The 

 Menodora, the Pterodiscus, and a fine species of a herbaceous 

 Erythrina, (n. 531), are a few examples; they grow in a 

 stiff loamy soil in the immediate neighbourhood of the river, 

 as al S o Cissampelos ? (n. 9) ; Sida Capensis, (n. 101) ; Hibiscus 

 trionum? ( n . 90 ) . Rhus? (n> 334) . J n di ff0 fera 3 (n. 475); 

 Coniandra ? ( n . GOO) ; Othonna ? (n. 995) ; Tripteris ? 

 (n. 1008); Teucrium Capense, (n. 1351); Achyranthes? 

 (a- 435); a fine Utricularia? (n. 1426), floating in pools of 

 fresh rain water. Along the slopes of the hills joining the 

 nv 'er, in rocky situations are fine species of Kalanchce, 

 (n.67l); Ipomaa, (n. 1221); Convolvulus? (n. 1230); Tri- 

 chodesma, ( n . 1250); a fine species of Blepharanthus ? 



