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little precaution, It was tolerably pra(a:lcable. 
The darknefs of the night prevented Swane- 
poel from feeing us 5 but our cries reached him, 
and he fent two horfes ufed to the water, and 
two fwimmers to guide us in our pafTagCj which 
we happily efFeded without danger. 
Behold me then returned to my family, 
among my tents^ my carriages, my companions, 
and my animals. How great was my joy when 
I compared my prefent tranquillity with my 
fituation at the mouth of the river! I found 
myfelfj however, fo exceffively fatigued, and 
fo opprefled with drowfmefs^ that, having 
taken off my wet clothes, and put on dry ones^ 
I threw myfelf on my mattrefs, and flept with- 
out interruption till the next day at noon, that 
Is to fay, nearly eighteen hourSi I fhould 
even, I believcj have fallen into a lethargy but 
for the Care of Swariepoel, who, alarmed at my 
fleeping fo long, and fearing that I was ill, 
came to waken me. 
Jonker and the other twO Hottentots, whom 
I left behind, had arrived in the morning, ^nd 
they did not fail to relate to their companions 
all the circumftances of our curious adventure. 
Each made his remarks according to his cha- 
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