JOURNEY TO BETHELSDORP. [1813. 
We surmounted three other similar cuts between 
mountains with similar success, but none of them were 
quite so difficult as the first. We then came to a 
descent of thirty yards only, but steeper than any we had 
yet encountered ; it seemed like dropping the waggons 
down from the top to the bottom. When the attempt 
was made, every eye was directed to the waggon, and 
none were unconcerned spectators. However, they 
comforted me with this consideration, that these were 
not so bad as some cliffs we had yet to encounter. 
In this way I have been amused during the whole 
journey — I could not contradict, because the regions 
were utterly unknown to me« 
As we approached the Drosdy, two Hottentots on 
horseback met us from Hooge Kraal, where we in- 
tended to fix a missionary. Having heard a report 
that morning of our approach, the captain of the kraal 
dispatched them to inquire into the truth of it. They 
both appeared to be agreeable young men, and rode 
along with us till we were safe over the leist bad part 
of the road, when they gallopped off in high spirits, 
with the tidings of our being at hand, and were soon 
out of sight. 
At one, PcM. we arrived at George, which is so 
named after his present majesty. The buildings com- 
menced only about eleven months ago. The situation 
was selected by Lord Caledon, the late governor, and 
it has, I think, been judiciously chosen as a proper 
place for a town. A more pleasant one I have not 
