386 ' TRAVELS IN 
operations of our kitchen were fufpended there* 
fore for fome time. My Hottentots flept dur- 
ing the day : as for me, I lived on Mifs Dina's 
bifcuits ; and all the indulgence I allowed my- 
felf was to fteep them in goat's milk, which 1 
always tailed with pleafure. I cannot recom- 
mend too ftrongly to travellers who undertake 
fuch journeys as mine, to procure a great 
number of thefe docile and ufeful animals. 
They are fond of man, attach themfelves to 
him, every where follow him, occafion no em- 
barraffment, and require little or no care. 
Every day they will fupply enough for their 
nourifhment, and to quench their thirft ; and 
thefe poor brutes, which are not delicate like 
fome other animals, and which are contented 
with almdft any thing, can endure thirft a long 
time without lofmg their milk. 
The 1 6th and the 17th, after croffing 
Rivier^ I advanced fix leagues farther; and, 
near Werkeerde-Valey, reached a very large 
lake, upon the borders of which was a fmall 
plantation, encrufted by the owner, who was 
abfent, to the care of fome Hottentots. Hav- 
ing found here a planter w^ho had recently 
quitted the Cape in order to go to Camdebo, I 
was relieved from a load which had long op- 
preffed 
