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At this place, Mr. Barrill determined to part from his 

 teams and horses ; and as our Hottentots had served us with 

 a fidelity, very seldom displayed by these people, he pre- 

 sented the teams to them, thus doubly paying them for 

 their services. They expressed much regret at parting 

 with us, but were overjoyed at their large reward. Our 

 skins, horns, etc., were boxed at the hotel, and a schooner 

 then anchored in the bay, was chartered to convey us and 

 them to Cape Town. We remained three days at Port 

 Elizabeth, and then sailed, with a fair wind, but a 

 rough sea, for the capital of British Africa. The coast 

 was rocky and dangerous. But the captain of the schooner 

 was thoroughly acquainted with his business, and the vessel 

 was a stout little craft ; and we arrived in Table Bay, three 

 days from the time of our sailing from the harbor of Port 

 Elizabeth. 



A swift ship was anchored near the town, which we as- 

 certained was to sail in a few days for Bombay. Mr. Barrill 

 had his baggage transferred to this vessel, but the boxes 

 were directed to one of his friends in Liverpool, and placed 

 on board of a large barque bound for that port. We 

 landed at Cape Town, and occupied the few days leisure 

 that remained to us in visiting places of note, and in sailing 

 excursions on the bay. The day arrived for the com- 

 mencement of the trip to India, and found us scarcely 

 disposed to resign the pleasures of Cape Town, for the 



