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the whole time that I refided at Swellendam, 
I made a fuitable return to the tender cares of 
my hoftby themoft lively teftimonies of gra- 
titude : but this was not the manner of life 
that fuited my humour; and as foon as my two- 
wheeled waggon was finifhed, I packed up' my 
kitchen furniture and my other efFeds, and fet 
out, without delay, on the 12th of January 
1782. According to the information I had 
received, I direded my courfe always along 
the eaftern coaft, keeping at a certain diftance 
from the fea. The corn farms do not extend 
further in this quarter : 'the moderate price of 
grain is not an equivalent for the difficulty of 
tranfporting it to the town. 
Two leagues from this place I pafled a fmall 
river, named Buffias ; and after two days march 
we arrived at a wood called the wood of the 
Great Father. Whilft I was making prepara- 
tions for fpending twenty-four hours in this 
v/ood,whichI wifhed to traverfe, and was count- 
ing my dogs, I perceived that one was miffing, 
which was a favourite bitch, named Rofetta. 
Her abfence embBrraffed me very much : it 
was a real lofs, that reduced my pack almoft to 
nothing ; and deprived me of my favourite, 
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