^ AFRICA; ' 3^89 
All hour after, my advanced guard v/as 
flopped by the Kouga, on the banks of which 
we ere£ted our tents. 
The Kouga, properly fpeaking, is only a 
rivulet, but we found fcarcely any water in it ; 
there was only a fmall quantity In fome hol- 
low places, in which we caught abundance of 
excellent tortoifes, though of a very fmall fize; 
the largeft did not weigh above three pounds* 
Before the commencement of night I ordered 
an abbatis to be conftruded of the branches of 
trees, to form a defence round my cattle : and, 
whilft this was executing, the women were 
employed in colleding whatever dry wood 
they could find in the neighbourhood, to fup-* 
ply us with fuel; as it was indifpenfably necef- 
fary to kindle fires in different places,^ left we 
fhould be furprifed by the CafFres, or by 
lions, which were now very common in thefe 
cantons* We remained here till the 20th, 
when we began to be in want of provifions ; 
but I was fo fortunate as to kill three buffaloes 
and two bubales. On the banks of the rivulet 
I found fome Guinea-hens, exadly like thofe 
of Europe. When boiled a long time, they 
were excellent ; but when roafted or broiled, 
they were good for nothing. They were ap- 
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