17^ TRAVELS IN 
that, pafling near the couetry where he had fir'i; 
mtt with her, I (hoiild procure her an oppor- 
.tunity of feeing again her horde and her 
friends. In the eyes of a cit, this love of coun- 
try, in favages whom he difdains, and whofe 
sexiftence appears to him a fcene of uniform 
wretchednefs, will doubtkfs be regarded as im-' 
probable. He will conceive that there can be 
fio happlnefs but in towns, and none of this 
patriotifm except in places where there are to 
be obtained what he calls the conveniences of 
life, that is, the gratification .of wants which 
he has created himfelf, and which afterwards 
become neceffarles. 
I had fixed the 1 5th of June for my de- 
parture from the habitation of Slaber. Oa 
the 14th I made a general mufter of my equi- 
page and my people. Including the wife of 
Klaas, and myinfpedor-general S,wanepoeI, I 
had altogether nineteen perfons, thirteen dogs 
in high condition, one male and ten female 
goats, three horfe^, of which two, handfomely 
caparifoned, were thofe given me by Boers ; 
three milch cows, thirty- fix draft oxen for my 
three waggons, fourteen for relays, and two to 
carry the baggage of my Hottentots, Thefc 
fifty 
