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our tents on the other fide, under the dlre&ion 
of Swanepoel. The cattle paflfed by fwim^ 
ming, as they had before done on the hke oc-» 
cafions ; and the following day I alfo croffed 
the torrent with the remainder of my company 
and elFe£ts. The preparation, execution, and 
arrangement of all thefe matters, employed us 
till the latter part of the month. 
In the interval I procured feveral birds, and 
I caufed feveral koedoes to be faked. But I 
was in great danger of lofmg my dear Kees. 
The account of this accident will convey a 
better idea of my fimple and uniform manner 
of pafFing my time than any thing elfe I could 
fay on the fubje£l. 
Every thing was got ready for dinner ; and 
I was dreffing upon a plate fome dry haricots 
which I had juft fried, when I heard the voice 
of a bird with which 1 was not at all acquaint- 
ed. Forgetting in a moment both my cook- 
ery and my dinner, I fnatched up my fufee, 
and hurried from my tent. At the end of 
half an hour, I returned perfedly fatisfied with 
my expedition, and holding my bird in my 
hand ; but I was much furprifed, on entering 
my tent, not to find a fingle bean on my table. 
This v/as a trick of Kees. I had ccrreded hirn 
7 pretty 
