^34 . TRAVELS IN 
had been deftroyed by the planters. As the 
rifing of th*e fun had dlfperfed the clouds, I 
refumed my courage, and refolved to proceed 
till I found this kraal, which feemed to pro- 
mife us a commodious flicker ; but as we 
had already marched feven hours, and had 
three leagues more to travel before we could 
reach it ; and as my oxen were opprefled by 
fatigue, and as night was approaching, I re- 
folved to ered: my tent, efpecially as I found 
myfelf in the neighbourhood of a moft de- 
lightful rivulet. Every league we travelled 
the mimofas becam.e ftill fcarcer, fmaller, 
and more ftunted, than in the places through 
which we had paffed : the grafs alfo was 
not fo high. We indeed found that we 
were now upon a very elevated fpot. From 
the place where I was encamped my people 
fliewed me a very high mountain, which 
they thought they knew, and which I could 
diftinguifli better by the help of my fpying- 
glafs. It was the neareft to the encampment 
of Koks-Kraal, and I had more than once 
traverfed it in my hunting excurfions : it was 
about ten or twelve leagues diftant from us. 
When thej^ had unloaded the oxen and 
ere£led my tent, I made an cxcurfion on foot 
along 
