ti TRAVELS IN 
paclty of ftudying the elements at their foiirce, 
and deprive me of regret at the recolledion of 
a difcipline that cannot bc# commenced again 
but by a recommencement of Hfe. I promifed 
myfelf in idea greater pleafiire from my fecond, 
than I had enjoyed in my firft travels. The 
icoippafs of experience would now be my guide 
and enable me tofurmount the moft tremendous 
obftacles. How far our forefight can extend, and 
how near a fecond precipice frequently is to 
that which we have efcaped, will be feen in the 
iequel. 
I had in a manner prepared all that was ne- 
ceflary for my expedition : but the moment of 
my departure from the Cape did not advance fo 
rapidly as I wifhed. A perfon whom I had 
looked for with the moft tormenting impa- 
tience, whom I had not feen fmce my return, 
and without whora I could promife myfelf nei- 
ther pleafure or fafety, was abfent. This was 
no other than Klaas, who at laft fuddenly pre- 
fented himfelf before me. There was then at 
the houfe of the fifcal, a fele6b, but numerous 
party of friends. Klaas enjoyed, wherever he 
went, no inconfiderable (hare of reputation. 
The afTociate of my travels, and entrufted by 
jne more particularly than the reft with the exe- 
cution 
