TRAVELS IN 
quence of his previous iiiformatioa to the 
fellers. 
Suppofmg me ftill refolved to return to 
Orange-River only to begin a new journey, 
and thinking that my plan would be rendered 
impradicable if I were in want of articles of 
trade, he had endeavoured to exhauft my ftore; 
and certainly, if circumRances had not previ- 
oufly determined me to return to the Cape, 
this treacherous fcheme was very capable of 
compelling me to do fo. 
To acquit myfelf of my debt to the Kaml- 
nouqua, whofe ox I had killed a few days 
before, I now purchafed one, and delivered it 
to him. His I diftributed among the horde, 
as the hafte with which it was cut up had 
prevented us from taking the neceflary precau- 
tions for keeping it. 
The wind continued to blow for three whole 
days ; and, as I had refolved not to refume my 
journey till it was completely abated, I re- 
mained at this place. ' This delay, however, 
was not 1 ft time to me ; though the wind in- 
comm.oded us much by the fituation of the 
mountains on the declivity of which we were 
encamped, as from thefe it rufhed down upon 
