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friendfliip. To all thefe things belonging to 
my caravan, I muft ftill add a large and a fmall 
tent, inftruments neceflary for repairing my 
waggons, and for melting lead; a jack for 
raifing burdens, a quantity of nails, iron in 
bars and in fmall pieces 5 pins, thread, needles, 
diftilled liquors, &c. &c. Such was the cargo 
of my two carriages, which might weigh each 
nearly about two tons. I muft not here forget 
to fpeak of my drefling bo^, which afforded me 
much amufement. Nothing could equal the 
aftonifhment which it occafioned to the favages 
in the remote parts of the country. I always 
made ufe of it in their prefence ; and their con-* 
verfation on this fubjed has more than once 
prolonged my toilet, and procured me a very 
agreeable recreation. 
My train was compofed of thirty oxen ; 
twenty for my two carriages, and ten more to 
relieve them ; three hunters, nine dogs, and 
five Hottentots : but I afterwards confiderably 
augmented the number of my animals and 
attendants. That of the latter amounted 
fometimes to forty. It increafed or diminifhed 
according to the heat of my kitchen ; for in 
the bofom of the African defarts, as in more 
refined countries, one meets with abundance 
