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Bay of Saint Blaife. It is very difBcult for 
fliips here to approach the coaft, on account 
of the fharp rocks that border It, the bafes of 
which extend a good way into the fea ; but 
on the northern fide there is a fmall beach, 
w^here boats may land with great eafe. The 
environs of this country are interfperfed with 
excellent plantations, which might be a great 
refource for fhips that come hither to water : 
a falubrious fpring, diftant about a thoufand 
paces from the fea, would fupply them with 
abundance of water. During our abode in 
this bay, we found no want of oyfters. We 
often fiihed with a line, and this method 
.alone procured us a great many excellent 
fifh ; what VvC could not confume, I ordered 
to be faked. Every night we were alarmed 
with the cries of hyaenas, v/hich appeared to 
be very furious animals : our or.en were 
much difturbed by them ; but by means of 
large fires, with which we furrounded our 
camp, they v/ere prevented from attempting 
to approach us. 
At the diftance of a league, I found a 
kraal, confifling of four huts, in v/hich was 
a Hottentot family, not exceeding twenty-fiye 
or 
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