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fpeftable friend Mr. Boers. The dry plains 
of Carouw begin in this place; and I obferved 
that this ungrateful foil, or rather thefe fands, 
as far as the eye could reach, were covered 
with Goarfe plants and weeds : on another fide 
rocks no lefs barren exhibited every where 
to the faddened eye the pidure of defola- 
tion and death. We faw only fmall tufts of 
grafs, which feemed to fpring up with reluct- 
ance, for the prefervatlon of our flocks. 
On the 4th a march of five hours conduced 
us to the river Voogel, which difcharges itfelf 
into that of Sondag, which we had croiTed not 
long before near its mouth, and which we 
were foon to have a view of again not far 
from its fource. Our fufferings increafed 
every day with the heat, and travelling be- 
came very laborious to us. I however fi;ill 
amufed myfelf in my leifure hours with hunt- 
ing; and I killed, in the courfe of my jour- 
ney, another French field-duck of a new 
fpecies. The following day we reached the 
river Sondag at a very early hour. The afpe£t 
of this fpot, much lefs difmal, ferved at leaft to 
revive my hopes : fuperb avenues of mimofas, 
watered by the river, prefented every where 
around us magnificent views ; and as they 
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