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way of Campbell, and as you are aware of the engagement 
I was under to procure Giraffes, Rhinoceroses, &c., I was 
here reluctantly obliged to part with these amiable and 
worthy gentlemen; my nearest route to the country where 
such animals could be procured being by Bootchaap, where, 
I was also informed, I should procure better grazing for my 
cattle. 
Some days after we parted, two of my Hottentots 
absconded, when I was under the necessity of hiring a good- 
for-nothing fellow of a Griqua in their stead ; but he did 
not annoy me long, for after a few days’ good feeding, he 
followed the example of his predecessors, by running away. 
I afterwards had the good fortune to meet with a Bastard 
from Camiesberg, called Hendrik Klaas, who obligingly 
offered to drive one of my waggons, until I could supply 
myself with another driver. This man was on his way to 
the same country that I intended visiting, on a hunting 
excursion, and his waggon was two days farther down 
the Riet River, at which place he expected to be joined by 
a large party of Griquas, with several waggons; and as 
there was a number of spare people, he had: no doubt that 
I should be able to procure as many as I wanted for the 
journey. This I considered a very fortunate circumstance 
for me, as I should be enabled at an easy rate to purchase 
any skins of rare animals which they might shoot along the 
road. 
We did not, however, meet all the party till we reached 
the Modder River, where the Griquas mustered two wag- 
gons in addition to the one of Hendrik Klaas; so we were 
in all, with my two, five waggons. I hired also one man, 
Barend Barends (not the chief of that name), with his 
three riding horses, in the capacity of a hunter and marks- 
man, and his brother, Hans Barends, as a leader, so that I 
promoted one of my Hottentots to the drivership. | 
