AFRICA. 30s 
in queft dwelt on that fide, I thought it pru- 
dent to leave the ftream between them and 
me, and to fpend the night where I was. We 
had travelled, during the day, thirteen leagues, 
without any where flopping, except at the 
kraal ; and of courfe we wanted reft. Our 
two guides, after they had difcovered the track 
and followed it for the fpace of two hours re- 
turned ; but, when, arrived at the river, they 
faw, floating on the water, a drov^ned ox^ 
which they puflied forward, and drove afhore 
near where we were encamped. Upon examine 
ing, I found it to be one of mine, for it had my 
mark ; and Klaas, befides, inftantly knew it. 
During the night I was bufied on the means 
of pafTing the river. I had obferved it no 
where fo broad and rapid, and It was an art- 
ful trick of thefe robbers to choofe, for crofling 
it, the moft difficult and dangerous fituation. 
V/hat particularly aftonifhed me was, that 
they had fucceeded in driving over the cattlcj^ 
while my people could not even get them into 
the water at a place where it was two thirds 
narrower. 1 his thought increafed my rage *^ 
and, to confefs the truth, I had need of fome 
fuch motive to animate me again 11: the plun- 
derers^ 
