124 TRAVELS IN 
the river Bot^ and the whole canton called 
Ouwe-Hoech I wifhed to make up for the 
time I had loft at dinner ; and, on that ac- 
count, it was eleven at night when we halted, 
near a fmall pond of brackifh water. 
Scarcely had the fun appeared above the 
horizon, when we proceeded on our journey ; 
and, in the morning, we ftopped at the houfe 
of Francis Bathenos, who fent me a loaf which 
I requefted from him, and for which he re- 
fufed payment. He fent to requeft that I 
would alight ; but I refufed, not wifliing in 
any manner to lofe my time in paying vifits. 
In this country I every moment met with 
prodigious flocks of that kind of antelopes 
which the planters call reebock: it is as yet 
very little known : Mr. Sparmann only makes 
mention of it ; and the name of this animal, 
in the French edition of his work, is badly 
tranflated ; for reebock does not fignify red 
goat^ but goat of the fea JIjore,-^The noon- 
tide heat became fo excefliive, that I was ob- 
liged to flop ; and, whilft my people and cattle 
were breathing a little, I made a fmall excur- 
fion, in which I killed one of thefe reebocks : 
it was a male ; its colour, in general, was a 
delicate 
