210 TRAVELS IN 
ceived to the north thofe of Snew-berg, for 
which we had been fo Jong wifhing. Though 
the hotteft feafon was now arrived, we ftill ob- 
ferved fnow in the fiffures and ravines neareft 
the fummits of thefe awful mountains. 
Whilft I was amufing myfelf in looking at 
them with my fpy-glafs, my Hottentots in- 
formed m.e that they faw a white man. This 
difcovery afFedled me in a very fenfible man- 
ner, for I had not feen any of that colour for 
feveral months. I found that this perfon had 
undertaken a very longjourney, merely with 
a view to procure fait, at a lake fituated near 
the river Swart-Kops; and having joined him, 
we converfed together for fome time ; but 
he could not refrain from fhedding tears 
Vvhen he related to me that in the com- 
mencement of the war againft CafFraria, in 
which he refufed to affift the reft of the 
planters, he had been attacked, with his wife, 
an only fon, and his Hottentots, by the Caf- 
fres, with whom he had always before kept 
lip a friendly intercourfe ; that he and his 
family had quickly hid themfelves in the 
bufhes; but that, when day arrived, the whole 
troop united, and he found his fon pierced 
through by a thoufand afTagays. The me- 
lancholy 
