2j6 TRAVELS IN 
defpaired of liieeting with him, my wh^ie 
views were dlreded towards the fliipwrecked 
veffeL The relations of my CafFres gave me 
very little hopes of being able to fatisfy my- 
felf on this point j yet 1 purfued rriy courfe 
towards the coaft, always full of the chime- 
rical notion that I Ihould obtain more cer-* 
tain information refpedling it; 
In every part of our way we found nothing 
but deferted huts, without feeing a fingle in- 
habitant, or any traces of the human race. 
In order, however, to indemnify us for this 
lofs, all the places through which we palTed 
abounded with buffaloes, antelopes, and in 
general with game of every kind — which 
proves, better than vain reafoning, that the 
CafFres are not fo much addided to hunting 
as the Hottentots ; that they truft lefs to hopes, 
and that they depend more on their corn and 
flocks than on the refources of their Ikill and 
dexterity in wielding their affagays and clubs* 
We faw feveral elephants, but they did not 
fufFer us to get near enough to fire at them* 
Since my departure from Koks-Kraal, I 
had formed fo large a colledlon of birds, that 
I no longer knew where to put them ; it was 
certainly more embarraffing by its fize than 
its 
