T R AV E L S I N 
Every day I became more occupied with tlie 
esGurfion I had in view. This new enterprife 
required numerous preparations. I flattered 
myfelf that in a few days they would all be 
completed. The fatigues of my former expe- 
dition v;ere as periedly diffipated as if it 
had been undertaken ten years ago. At length 
I was ready to departs 
Unfortunately it- was the dried: feafon of the 
vear. Such of the inhabitants to whom I had 
communicated my projedis, and who were 
moft interefced in my welfare, notwithftanding 
the deiu'ethey felt that I fhould complete my 
difcoveries, were continually urging me to 
Y\rait for a more favourable period. The w^ea- 
thcr, they faid, was inaufpicious and unfeafon- 
able. As if the weather and fea^fons w^hich pre- 
vailed at the Cape, and in the neighbourhood 
of the fea, rnufi: neceffarily be the fame at the 
diftance of fome hundreds of leagues in the in« 
terior of Africa. I had already fome experi- 
ence upon the fubjed: ; but I w^as weak enough 
to yieM to the perfuafions of thefe over- timid 
friends. Anotlier projed: inflantaneoufly oc- 
curred to my mind. I accordingly deferred 
my departure till the feafon arrived that w^as 
rej refeoted as favourable. It will hereafter be 
feea' 
