AFRICA. i6t 
at any tiiile brings one of thefe animals into 
this country, the inhabitants aflemble, and 
oblige it to betake itfelf to flighty if they can- 
not deftroy it. 
On the 7th > at five in the morning, I quit- 
ted Mufcle Bay, and at two in the afternoon 
crofled a river called Kkm-Braki it has its 
fource in a wood, riiing on a ridge of moun- 
tains, which in this place is only a league 
diftant from the fea. Next morning we ar- 
rived at a large river, of the fame name, 
which is no more than three leagues from the 
former. The flowing of the tide renders the 
Water of this river brackifli : to crofs it with- 
out danger, we were obliged to wait for the 
ebb-tide ; and during that interval I procured 
feveral fea-fowls, which were extremely abun- 
dant in this canton. I found here thoufands 
of pelicans and flamingoes ; the deep rofe- 
colour of the one, and the dull white of the 
other, exhibited a coatrafl: altogether new and 
curious. 
After quitting the river, we had to climb 
a fteep and rugged mountain, which at firft 
frightened me a good deal ; but by the help of 
patience, care, and time, we left it behind us. 
Vol. I> M Whea 
