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sheep stand much higher than our English sheep, and 

 have no wool ; the hair of their hides is like that of a 

 calf. Hans sold two of his ciu-s to some of the 

 Damaras for two oxen each. I cannot conceive what 

 could have induced them to make such a bargain. 

 They were keen upon dogs, for they offered four oxen 

 for another one, " Watch ; " but he was too useful to 

 me in worrying night marauders to be sj^ared. 



We had a fine night for chevying hyenas. After one 

 was killed, and everything was silent, I sent a Damara 

 out among the bushes to imitate their howl, that we 

 might hear the others answer, and know where they 

 were. He did it so successfully, that all the dogs were 

 at him in an instant, and he was bitten. 



July 17th. — Our old friend the hill Omuvereoom 

 came into sight. The air was very thick and cold at 

 nights. The sky had quite an English November ap- 

 pearance. We found ice about us nearly every morning 

 since leaving Ondonga. For the last three weeks I 

 have observed that there is a vast deal of electricity in 

 the air, every woollen thing crackles when rubbed with 

 the hand. My large black dog "Wolf" is quite a powerful 

 electrical machine when his back is stroked down. 



July 26th. — We arrived at Ontikeremba, where there 

 are a great many deep wells, about four feet in 

 diameter, and thirty feet deej). A row of four men 

 contrived to hand up the water out of them ; bvit it 

 was as much as they could do. I can hear nothing of 

 the proceedings of the Hottentots, during my absence, 

 but learnt the full particulars of Kaliikene's death. 

 The bed of the Omoramba is now that of a small 



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