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have feen, in the account of my firft journey^ 
the fate of thofe feeds which 1 had colledec!^ 
and this bulb was unluckily among them. 
It was the 4th of January when we en- 
camped on the banks of Fifh- river. Diiring 
my refidence in this country, I had often 
changed my encampment, in order that, by 
4ny different ftations, I might find new objeds;- 
and it had indeed furniflied me, in birds alonCj 
with more than eighty diflinft fpecies, ten of 
which were new. 
I was forry^ therefore, to quit a diftrid fd 
agreeable, and w^hich, independently of what 
it added to my colledions, enfured me abund- 
ance of provifions for my people. On the 
24th, however, I announced my intention to 
depart j but my Hottentots having come in a 
body to requefl leave to complete theif prepa- 
rations of the flelh of the rhinoceros, I agreed 
to remain three days longer. During this de- 
lay they exerted themfelves with much ardour. 
Men and women, all laboured on the animal 
without remiifion; and, when I fet out, they 
regretted much that they were obliged to leave 
behind a great deal more than they carried with 
them. 
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