AFRICA. 
flrewed over pieces of flelli, which are laid 
for thefe animals in the night. The bait h 
intended chiefly for the jackal and hyena. 
As foon as it is fwallowed, the animal fwells 
prodlgloufly, and dies more or lefs fpecdily 
according to the quantity he has taken. At 
length we perceived fome large trees, which, 
by their winding pofition, appeared to fkirt 
fome river. Not doubting but it was the Ele- 
phants-River, we defcended the mountains to 
reach its banks. The river, Indeed, it was ; 
but we had roamed fo much farther than we 
were aware, that, returning upon our fteps, 
or rather proceeding down the ftream, it was 
not till after two encampments that we reached 
the place of rendezvous, the houfe of Van 
2eyl ; where, when we arrived, all my people 
and waggons I found had been waiting for me 
three days. 
My caravan w^s confiderably diminlflied. 
The Hottentot cattle-dealers, after having 
paffed the river, had repaired to their refpec- 
tive hordes, leaving only two of their party 
in the camp, to wait for me, and receive in 
pioney or in kind the value of the tobacco 
fhey had fold me at the Orange. 
I wilhed 
