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we had precipitated ourfelves, formed a wall 
of feparation between it and us for ever. It 
no longer prefented thofe majeftic forefts 
which we had fo long admired ; for the whole 
back part of the chain was hideous and bare, 
deftitute of trees, and without the leaft appear- 
ance of verdure. Another chain, parallel to this, 
feemed involuntarily to bear a few paltry 
woods, which had fome refemblance to that 
named Wage-Boom, This wood, by inclof- 
ing the country, and leaving only one open- 
ing, has made the name of Ange-Kloof be 
given to this long valley. 
My intention being to dire£l my courfe to- 
wards the north, I continued my journey for 
feven hours, keeping along that curfed valley ; 
and we again crofTed the Queur-Boom, which 
here Is but a moderate flream ; whereas two 
months before it had m.ade me tremble, when, 
to fearch for my bald buzzard, I threw my- 
felf into it at its mouth with too much precipi- 
tation, and narrovv^ly efcaped being drowned. 
Purfuing our melancholy route, after feveral 
encampments no lefs tedious, and a march 
of twenty-two hours, I pafled another river, 
called, and very juftly, Krom-Rivier^ or the 
Crooked River. 1% formed fo many turns and 
V 2 windings, 
