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fave me this trouble, I ordered the carriage to be 
furrounded and even covered all over with the 
branches of trees, which gave it at a diftance the 
appearance of a bufh ; and, as a farther precau- 
tion, my Hottentots took off one of the wheels 
and buried it at a diftance in the earth. 
We refumed our journey, and by patience, 
courage^ and perfeverance, arrived at laft at 
Schuii-Klip (boat rock), but not without lofing 
more of our oxen, though the diftance we 
travelled was only two leagues and a half. 
Schuit-Klip is a fmall rock of an oval form, 
and, as its name implies, hollowed out like a 
boat. It contained a fmall quantity of water, 
and, to add to our felicity, of a moft excellent 
kind. From the fl:eepnefs of its borders, the 
quadrupeds in the neighbourhood were unable 
to trouble it, and it was not therefore fpoiled 
like that of Krakkeel-KIip. For the fame rea- 
fon, my horfes could not drink at this refer- 
voir ; but we drew from it a fufficiency to afford 
a little refrefliment both to them and my 
oxen ; and, always fanguine as to the future, 
I deferred till the next day the continuance of 
our journey. So many obftacles, however, 
that feemed incapable of being furmounted, 
T2 did 
