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on the spot selected for our resting-place, but leav- 

 ing it in the afternoon, we pursued our route, and 

 came late in the evening to Waar Hoek, or windy 

 corner, a designation truly appropriate, as the winds 

 seemed to meet here from all quarters of the com- 

 pass. 



The moon had now risen, and threw her mellow 

 light on the surrounding objects, but our way was 

 nevertheless still obscure and gloomy ; until, emerg- 

 ing from the pass, a plain of considerable extent 

 opened before us, bounded in the distance by the 

 range of mountains that adjoin the Hex River. 

 Reaching the farm of M. de Voss, we soon after- 

 wards made our customary halt. 



Whilst we were at breakfast on the following 

 morning, a farmer came up to our waggon, inquir- 

 ing very anxiously whether we had seen any of his 

 oxen pass us on our journey ; as he had rested near 

 our encampment the previous evening, and during 

 the night the whole of his oxen had disappeared, no 

 trace of them having been yet discovered, although 

 he had been seeking them ever since daylight : as 

 we could afford him no information, he left us to 

 resume his search. 



Taking our departure from this place about mid- 

 day, we proceeded towards the Hex River, leaving 

 the village of Worcester to our right, and uitspanned 

 near the residence of M. de Toie, at the foot of the 

 mountain. The following day we entered Hex 



