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kraals are not in one and the fame place, like 
thofe of the Gonaquas or Hottentots. It is 
probable that thofe among whofe huts we 
were had been furprifed by the planters ; for 
we found every where around us carcafles 
and fcattered limbs, half devoured by fero- 
ciuos animals. Several fields of corn were 
ready for the hand of the reaper ; but the 
antelopes, which appear in great numbers 
when they are not driven away by fcare- 
crows, had damaged them confiderably : my 
oxen, which were here let loofe, completed 
the devaftation. 
As for me, I eftablifhed myfelf in my tent, 
and my Hottentots in the feven huts of 
which they took pofieffion. As the fituation . 
of this place appeared to me very agreeable, 
I refolved to fpend feveral days in it; and in 
confequence of this determination, we cut 
down a number of large branches, with 
which my tent was fo well concealed, that it 
would have been very difficult to difcover it. 
A rivulet of limpid water rolled over its 
pebbly bed clofe to us; a few mimofas here 
and there interfperfed preferved a little cool- 
nefs ; and at the diftance of an hundred paces 
from our camp we- could, if neceflary, enjoy 
a moft 
