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^« for the carriage you fhall leave here, but alfo 
^^for that which we abandoned at Krakkeel- 
« Klip." 
This advice was certainly, under fuch cir- 
cumftances, the moft reafonable that could be 
given. By hufbanding the water of the rock, 
Swanepoel would have wherewith to fupply 
the wants of his fmall detachment ; and fome 
fliowers of rain might happen to fill and aug-- 
ment the ciftern. I left with him, therefore, 
a fupply of provifions ; removed into his wag- 
gon fuch heavy articles as were likely to em- 
barrafs me on my way, and addrefled to him at 
my departure a word of admonition : " My 
" dear Swanepoel,^' faid I , " if my unlucky 
" ftars, if the bad fortune which perfecutes me 
fhould bring hither a band of maroon Hot- 
" tentots, or plundering Boflimen, I exprefsly 
forbid you to expofe either your own life or 
the lives of your companions ; let my car- 
riage be robbed ; haflen immediately to 
" join me, and let me fee you again as fafe and 
found as I leave you." 
Of the fifty-four oxen with which I began 
iny journey, thirty-one had died. The twenty- 
three that remained I divided into three teams, 
T 3 convinced 
