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covered a pure stream of water, which afforded us high 
gratification. 
The six Hottentots who accompanied us seldom 
sought shelter from the sun ; it does not seem to affect 
them — they were healthy, cheerful, and happy ; at one 
time singing a hymn, at another joining in prayer, and 
listening to an address from Cupido, whose labours 
were blessed to the conversion of one Mahommedan 
slave in Cape- town. At six we moved forward, and 
halted at eight on a rising ground, where we had 
worship, and a discourse from Cupido, which, being in 
Dutch, I very imperfectly understood. 
At two o'clock in the morning we continued our 
journey, and were assisted by much lightning during 
the darkness. We found as we walked along, several 
shells of the land tortoise which had lately been killed 
by the crow, who raises them into the air, when she 
lets them fall either upon stones or hard ground, by 
which their shells are broken and become thereby an 
easy prey. For the first time we found two different 
kinds of branches growing on the same tree. This 
is occasioned by an incision made by a bird with its 
beak in a tree, in which he drops a seed which pro- 
duces a large branch, of medicinal properties. At 
eight, A.M. we halted in a valley about two miles 
from Caledon, where we had breakfast, from whence 
we moved forward at noon to Caledon, where we 
spent three hours very comfortably with Mr. and 
