AFRICA. 1^5 
good terms with each other, they again advan^ 
ced, and in lefs than an hour were as familiar 
as the reft. 
As 1 intended to make an excurfion towards 
the north north-weft, for the purpoie of dif- 
jcovering rare birds cr new hordes, I Goaimu- 
jiicated my defigu to the Houzouanas, who 
readily offered to accompany me, but confelFed 
at the fame time that, having never pene- 
trated far into that part of the country, they 
jcould give me no information refpeding it. 
Being ignorant what time this cxcurfioa 
might require, and with what difficulties it 
might be attended, I thought it prudent that 
fome of my own people ihould be of the party. 
The journey, how^ever, was extremtly fa- 
tiguing, and unproduftive of the fmalleft dif- 
.covery. ^ 
On my return, the Houzouanas propofed 
another in the oppofite quarter. To accom- 
plilli this fecond excurfion, it would be ne- 
ceifary to traverfe the mountains for thre.c 
whole days, after which I fliould find nations 
with w^hom they were at peace, and who were 
of the Kabobiqua race 5 but I muft have left 
my horfes arid cattle b^^hind me, as the roads, 
they 
