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Burchell, the pavement being composed of primitive lime- 
stone, scantily covered with a very thin crust of vegetable 
mould: On his return to Kuruman, or new Litakou, he 
made a detour upon the borders of a desert, called by the 
natives Kalighanny, supposed to extend from the banks of 
the Gareep to the 10th degree of south latitude, and from 
about thirty miles east of the Kamhanni range of Moun- 
tains, to the country of the Damaras. A chain of wells 
deeply situated in lime-stone, from which water is obliged 
to be laded for the use of the cattle, or marshy oases, are 
reported to exist across this southern Zaharra; and traditions. 
are extant among the Bechuanas, of their having made pre-. 
datory excursions to tribes situated both to the north and 
eastward, and having in one instance attacked a nation deno- 
minated by them Mampoor, on the northern edge, where 
they came to a great water, when the inhabitants saved. 
themselves by retiring to an island. Water melons are 
stated to be most abundant all over this desert range; and 
the rains aré said to fall there when the days are longest. 
In the year 1824, the excellent and zealous Missionary at 
the Kuruman station, the Rev. Mr. Moffat, visited at 
Melita, the capital of the chief of the Bawanketz tribe, the 
celebrated and much-dreaded Makkabba, whom the com- 
mercial jealousy of the surrounding clans had represented 
as a monster of cruelty, a character which upon acquaint- 
ance proved to be totally false. It is to be regretted that the 
itineraries and observations of this missionary have not been 
laid before the public, as from his perfect knowledge of the 
language, his frequent journeys into the interior, and his 
known shrewdness and ability, he must be in possession of 
arich store of information; but there appears to be a de- 
cided aversion on the part of the various Missionary So- 
