AFRICA. 
days was above all extremely ferviceable to 
my poor cattle, worn out with hunger and 
fatigue : I was every moment apprehenfive 
that I fhould be obliged to abandon my car- 
riages and my efFeds; but this laft halting 
revived us a little. The fituation of this fpot 
was delightful; the fcenery around it was beauti- 
fully variegated ; and the environs of the plan- 
tation afforded my oxen, as well as my people, 
abundance of every thing proper for reftoring 
their loftftrength, had I only remained longer in 
this retreat : but I was more and more fenfible 
of the neceffity of approaching the Cape, and 
my exhaufted imagination rendered my return 
indifpenfable. I was therefore once more obliged 
to tear myfelf from fo many attradions, and to 
purfue my journey. The beautiful Dina hav- 
ing learned of my people (for £he informed 
herfelf of every thing) that the bifcuits I had 
procured from the negroes were almoft at an 
end, flie begged me to accept a fmall fupply 
which fhe had made herfelf On the firft of 
March, after returning thanks to my amiable 
hofts, I took leave of them, at five in the 
afternoon, and marched forwards to the Gamka^ 
or LeuW'Rivier^ the Lion River ; v>^here we 
arrived at nine in the evening, and encamped. 
Lions 
