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to Tiave one lot at lead ; and I faw, with pe- 
'culiar fatisfadion, in the countenance of each, 
as they bore away their purchafes, a regret for 
the perfon to whom they had belonged. 
Previous to this fale, the colonel had afked 
me to accompany him in an experiment that 
he was defirous of making in order to afcer- 
tain the pofition and bearings of the Piquet 
mountain, as viewed from the Table mountain. 
'The proje£t was no fooner knt)wn in the town, 
than a number of officers belonging to the 
different regiments of the garrifon xequefted 
they might accompany us. Of thefe perfon- 
ages fome had no other inducement than that 
of enjoying, as mere lookers-on, the fpedcacle 
of his labour, and others w^ere idlers at a lofs 
how to employ the day. The firft would be 
perfedly recompenfed with the fight of a 
magnificent profped, and the laft with being 
able to fay, on their return to Europe, that 
fthey had -been at the top of the famous Table. 
Though a troop like this would be more in- 
commodious than ufeful, he yet acquiefced ; 
and we fet out, at day-break, with the nece^f- 
fary inftruments. A moft fortunate clrcura- 
ilance favoured our operatian : the iky, dur-- 
