282 TRAVELS IN 
ZouU'R^Lvieren (Salt- Rivers) , and the like ; 
which may eafily lead to geographical errors, 
particularly in fo mountainous a country, 
where it is Impoffible to follow a river along 
its banks through its whole courfc. 
From the banks of the one in queftion, we 
proceeded the fhorteft way to Orange-River. 
It was midnight when we arrived at it ; but 
the joy of having at length reached the river 
cn the borders of which my camp was pitched, 
difFufed throughout my caravan a fort of deliri- 
ous ecftacy, which continued till dawn and pre- 
vented us from taking the fmalleft repofe. No- 
thing was talked of but the moment of arrival. 
Had I liftened to the general voice of impa- 
tience, I fhould have departed inftantly. Al- 
ready they thought themfelves within a few 
fteps of the camp ; yet we had ftill a long way 
to travel thither, though we had nothing to do 
but to afcend the river keeping along its banks. 
The great number of trees and buflies by 
the river's fide obliged my caravan to keep 
at a little diftance from it ; while I and my 
hunters, in the hope of killing fome hippopo- 
tamufes, never quitted it — fome proceeding 
along the right bank, others along the left. 
March- 
