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I had a fparc one under each waggon : but it 
required feme time to repair the wheel ; and, 
the place not being convenient for the pur- 
pofe, I deferred it till the next day, A few 
branches were interwoven between the fpokes 
pf the wheels to fupport the broken ones; the 
waggon was lightened, by diftributing part of 
its load between the other two ; and in this 
(late we were able to proceed four leagues far- 
ther, and arrive on the banks of a river, which 
afforded us a favourable fituation for our en- 
campment, and the repair of the wheel of the 
carriage. It was the 12th of July: a me- 
morable day — which I fliall never forget, as I 
was then firft attacked by a difeafe, which had 
nearly coft me my life : it was memorable 
alfo on another account, and I fhall always 
recall it to mind w^ith fecret fatisfadion, for 
it procured y^Q the pleafure of doing a good 
adion, and rendering a whole family happy. 
On ray arrival I felt myfelf not well ; I had 
a fhivering, and a great heavinefs in my head. 
But thefe fymptoms did not alarm me, as I 
afcribed them to the extreme fatigue I had 
undergone in my exciirfion towards the north 
©f Orange-River, together with that of my 
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