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to be feen at certain diftances, indicate that 
they were hunters ; and that they caught in 
their fnares buffaloes and elephants : but thefe 
animals are never or rarely now feen in this 
canton. 
After a journey of eight hours, we arrived 
near the Swarte Rivkr, or Black River : as it 
was ftill fwelled by the rains, we were dbliged 
to pafs it on rafts, which we conftru(3:ed in 
the fame manner as before. The frefh traces 
of buffaloes which we obferved on the other 
fide made us remain here fome time : and I 
at length had the pleafure of killing one ; a 
Hottentot I carried along with me, killed alfo 
another. I was fo pleafed with my fuccefs, 
that I inflantly returned to my camp, to an- 
nounce this agreeable intelligence, which pro- 
mifed a fupply of provifion to my people for a 
long time, in cafe we fhould be reduced to dif^ ^ 
trefs. As we had killed thefe two animals on 
the banks of the river, above the place where 
I had fettled, I ordered them to be pufhed into 
the flream, which conveyed them oppcfite 
to my tent, where they were cut up : and I 
defired them to be cut into very fmall pieces, 
that they might be more eafily faked, and 
expofed afterwards to the air and the fun. 
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