4c6 TRAVELS IN 
laft hunt. With this idea, fuppofing that all 
I wanted was reft, I went and lay down in my 
waggon, in order to relieve myfelf by fleep— 
. which^ however, I was not fated to find. 
Klaas in the mean while direded my tent 
[ to be pitched. As this was doing, he per- 
ceived at a diftance a waggon that appeared to, 
bend its courfe toward us, and he ran to inform 
me of the circumftance as a piece of good 
news. More than a year had elapfed fince I 
had received any letters from the Cape. I 
was totally ignorant of what had happened 
there fmce my departure ; and thefe ftrangers 
would perhaps bring me information. 
This thought made me forget my illnels. 
I leaped inftantly out of bed, and fan to meet 
them. 
The waggon was drawn by a team of ten 
oxen, under the guidance of five Hottentots, 
Three lean cows and a few fheep followed 
them. The travellers themfelves were four in 
number, a man, his wife, and two children. 
But men, waggon, and animals, indicated ex- 
treme poverty, as did the garments that co- 
vered even the m after and miftrefs. 
I was involuntarily moved with pity at the 
fight. 
