SOUTHERN AFRICA. 269 
was near the source of the Riet river, a small stream that falls 
into the Fish river. 
We still continued our search in the kloofs of the mountains, 
in the hope of meeting with the figure of the unicorn, the 
peasantry being equally sanguine to convince me of the truth 
of their assertions as I was to gratify curiosity. We came, at 
length, to a very high and concealed kloof, at the head of 
which was a deep cave covered in front by thick shrubbery. 
One of the boors mounted up the steep ascent, and having 
made his way through the close brushwood, he gave us notice 
that the sides of the cavern were covered with drawings. After 
clearing away the bushes to let in the light, and examining 
the numerous drawings, some of which were tolerably well 
executed, and others caricatures, part of a figure was dis- 
covered that was certainly intended as the representation of a 
beast with a single horn projecting from the forehead. Of 
that part of it which distinctly appeared, the following is a 
fac simile. 
The body and legs were concealed by the figure of an 
elephant that stood directly before it. 
