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ing, while at the houfe of Slaber, the number 
of my goats ! I purchafed feveral in the neigh^^ 
bourhood, and particularly young ones, which, 
though they afforded no milk as yet, would 
foon become more exuberant than their mo- 
thers. I added alfo to my ftockof cattle three 
milch cows. Among the articles too of do- 
meftic confumption, I provided myfelf with a 
few facks of flower : not that I flattered myfelf 
during my journey to be fupplied thereby with 
frelh bread ; fuch an expedlation would have 
been madnefs j but it would be pcllible at leafl: 
to have foups, paftry, and cakes ; snd thefe 
would be a fort of fubfl:itute. Every habit to 
which we accufl:om ourfelves becomes infen- 
fibly a want. This I had particularly experi- 
enced in the beginning of my firft journey. 
To be all at once totally without bread had 
been extremely painful to me ; and I hoped 
now, by means of this flower, gradually to 
wean myfelf from the cufl.om, in order to be 
prepared againfl: a day of necefljty. Befides, 
if circumftances proved favourable to the mak- 
ing of bread, I had the wife of Klaas, who 
Plight render me this fervice. She had accom- 
panied him in our excurfion, with the hope 
that, 
