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phurous particles of the excrements diflblved 
in it was fomewhat diminifljed ; but the nox- 
ious quality, communicated by thefe folutions, 
^-emained in all its force. All who drank of 
it were felzed with a loofenefs ; and to fome 
it occafioned vomiting, hiccups, and violent 
pains in the bowels, which made us appre- 
hend that the water might have been poifoned, 
I was the only perfon it fpared ; or rather, my 
fufFerings were lefs becaufe, haying mixed it 
with goat's milk, I hd^d drunk but a very fmall 
quantity^ 
Frprn Krckenap to Krakkeel-klip, the diftance 
' was only eight leagues ; and thefe eight leagues 
had been the bufinefs of two complete days : 
^during the fecond, indeed, I was able to ac- 
complifh only three, which coft me no lefs than 
eight hours march. For, exclufive of the 
general weaknefs of my oxen, which could 
with difficulty drag themierves along at the 
rate of half a mile an hour, we had continu- 
ally to unyoke, in order to leave behind us 
thofe in particular, which, fainting through in- 
anition, were incapable of liiing again upon 
their legs. In a word, to form a juft eftimate 
pf the deplorable fituation to which thefe ani- 
mals 
