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now tlie appearance of one of our northern lakes; its 

 banks Avere covered with wood, and in some parts of it 

 were rocks rising out of the surface in the form of a horse- 

 shoe. Canoes again made their appearance, and renewed 

 our hopes. We were at the beginning of a country evidently 

 capable of an extensive cultivation, Avith a fine navigable 

 river, Avilh abundance of provisions for sale, and with an 

 encreased population. The evening was spent in hunting 

 after the hippopotami, which snorted close by us at the 

 point of the bay ; and they were so numerous, that we 

 could not say it was their fault if the chase was unsuccessful. 



Sept. 4. Our tour to-day was more agreeable than 

 any we had made for a long time. After having crossed 

 the bay in canoes, we walked along the level banks of the 

 river. A dela}' however was occasioned by a quarrel with 

 the carriers. In passing through two or three villages we 

 Avere followed by a number of people attracted by curiosity. 

 We proceeded over the bend of the riAcr, which, higher 

 up, again runs in a northerly direction. In ihe formation 

 of the rocks clay-slate is still predominating. The river 

 side was in some places covered with less slat}^ clay of 

 a reddish colour, which higher up alternated Avith a com- 

 pact blue, sometimes horny limestone. We pitched our 

 tent at noon. 



Our party begins again to be somcAvhat dispirited, and 

 it is whispered that Ave shall return in about two days 

 more, at a time Avhen every thing seems to inspire fresh 

 hopes. ]\Iany new plants Avere collected here, and two 

 singular species of unknown fishes. We saw also a great 

 many striped skins of a small species of antelope. 



