Mr. Patterson's Travels in Africa. 



diately poisoned, as generally to be found at a very little 

 distance from the place where it was laid : this fruit is con- 

 veyed through the whole Country, for this purpose. 



" The next week we departed with a Team of fresh 

 Oxen to the Berg Valley, and passed the Mountain called 

 Hocksberg, the summit of which is generally covered with 

 snow, in this part is the Parel and Draken Styne, a well 

 watered and fruitful Country, extending far to the South- 

 ward, and almost the only article of these parts, used in 

 Commerce is the Wine, which is nearly equal to that of 

 the Cape. 



