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as any I had seen in the country. I scrambled up on 
foot, and witnessed, with pain, the strugghng of the 
horses to drag the waggon up the cHfF. The flowers 
which every where adorned the front of the mountain 
were very beautiful, as if designed to cheer the tra- 
veller's mind while ascending the rugged precipice. 
On reaching the summit, an extensive desert came at 
once into view. I think a thousand men could defend 
this pass against all the armies of the world. The 
descent on the north side is far more gradual, and the 
road being sandy rendered it easier to go down. At 
the bottom of the descent we halted at a brook of 
water to refresh ourselves and horses; where there 
was another waggon with some females, attended by 
slaves, who were on their way to visit Genadendal, to 
be present at their solemnity of closing the year. In 
the evening we halted at the house of a boor, who was 
a deacon of the church at Caledon, who treated us 
kindly. 
30th. Departed at seven, A.M. and reached Mr. 
Vos's, the minister of Caledon, by nine o'clock. 
He received us with much kindness. A new town has 
lately been formed here ; but it can never be a large 
one, for want of a sufficient quantity of water. 
31 St. Rose at three o'clock in the morning, in 
ill order to arrive at an early hour at Bavian's 
JCloof, now called Genadendal, or Grace Vale. 
About three miles on our way we struck into a field, 
in order to get sooner into the great road ; by this at- 
