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part of the mountain where I conceived there 
would be no fog. lexpeded to find the fun there, 
as I had found him the preceding day ; but the 
cloud had partly covered him, and he did not 
make his appearance till he had pafTed the me- 
ridian. While waiting for his arrival to warm 
me, I traverfed the platform with my fufee, 
hoping to procure fome provifions, if I found 
any game in my way. I, however, faw only 
fome vultures, which, perched on the edge of 
their holes, benumbed by the cold, and foaked 
with the dew, w^ere alfo waiting for the fun to 
dry themfelves and take their flight. In this 
condition, they feemed to be incapable of mov- 
ing their wings, and fufFered me to approach 
almoft clofe to them. I killed feveral of them ; 
and when the fun had re-appeared, and I felt 
m.yfelf warmed, I ordered one to be roafted, 
intending to dine upon it with my people : 
but the fmell w^as fo difgufting, and the tafte fo 
deteftable, that I could not endure it. My 
two negroes alfo loathed it; and even my dogs, 
after having fmelled to ir, turned away without 
touching it. My Hottentot alone ate of it ; 
and to him it w^as tolerable, becaufe it was 
fat, 
When 
