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difmal valley ; but I am certain that I employed 
forty-fix hours in going through it. 
After advancing feven or eight leagues, I 
CrofTed Diep-Rivier^ the Deep River ; and ten 
leagues farther, on the 7th of Auguft, we en- 
camped upon the borders of that of Gamtoos. 
It derives its name from an unfortunate cap- 
tain v^ho in a ftorm Vv^as fhipwrecked near 
its mouth. 
Half an hour before we arrived here, we 
Were obliged to defcend another very fteep 
and dangerous mountain, by which the bel- 
lies of two of my oxen burft, fo that their 
bowels came out. This lofs was occafioned 
by the perfon vv^ho condudled my fecond wag- 
gon, and who had imprudently quitted it. 
The beautiful afped: of this new country 
made us ample amends for the melancholy 
moments we had feveral days experienced, 
amidft the deteftable roads and the ice of the 
valley of the Ange-Kloof. 
The fivft night I encamped, towards mid- 
night, before I had fallen afleep in my tent, I 
thought I heard an unufual noife : and liften- 
ing with attention, T found I was not deceived; 
for I could diftinguifti the found of ihouting 
and finging, which feemed to proceed from ' 
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