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that runs along the upper part of the KafFer country. Our 
object was to find among the drawings, made by the Bosjes- 
mans, the representation of an unicorn. One of the boors 
promised to bring us directly to the spot where he knew such a 
drawing stood. We set off at an early hour, and rode through 
several defdes along the beds of temporary streamlets. In one 
place was a very large and curious cavern formed by a water- 
fall, that from time to time had deposited a vast mass of sta- 
lactitical matter; many of the ramifications were not less 
than forty or fifty feet in length. Some were twisted and 
knotted like the roots of an old tree, and others were cellular 
and cavernous. This great mass, reflected from a sheet of 
deep water beneath, clear as crystal, hemmed in by two steep 
faces of solid rock, and fronted by two old weeping-willows, 
made as fine a piece of wild and romantic scenery as fancy 
could design. A little on one side of the cavern, and under 
a long projecting ridge of smooth Avhite sand-stone, were se- 
veral sketches of animals, and satirical attempts to represent 
the colonists in ridiculous situations and attitudes, charac- 
terizing them by some of their most common and striking 
habits. But the grand object of our research was stiil want- 
ing. The long-necked camelopardalis was easily distinguished 
among the rest ; as were also the rhinosceros and the ele- 
phant. 
The same kind of black matter that had been found along 
with the native nitre, was here abundantly adhering to the 
rocks, and oozing down the sides of the cave. A Bosjesman 
that belonged to one of the party informed us that his country- 
men mixed it with water, and drank it as tea. This cavern 
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