U6 
JOURNEY IN ALBANY. 
[1813. 
One of our Hottentots was present when the murder 
was committed. Thermometer 58. 
16th. The weather was so improved that we were 
able to remove from Grobler's place at eight, A.M. 
Shortly after our departure our people, including the 
soldiers, to the number of about twenty, surrounded a 
flock of Hartbucks, but though shots were fired in all 
directions, and one or two were wounded, not one fell. 
We frequently passed the holes of wolves, jackals, 
&c. The mouths of some of them were so concealed 
by the grass, that caution w^as necessary to escape 
falling into them. The sight of them often reminded 
me of the saying of Jesus, that the foxes have holes, 
and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man 
bath not where to lay his head. 
At ten, A.M. we crossed the Kareka river, which 
is the deepest we had passed. The road was strewed 
with the dung of elephants. At noon we came in 
sight of the Indian Ocean, which made a pleasant 
finish to the charming prospect before us. The scene 
was beautifully diversified by the various forms of the 
low green hills, studded with tufts of trees, somewhat 
resembling a park in England. 
At one, P.M. we came to Lombard s Fort, com- 
manded by Lieutenants Gare (from Fortrose) and 
Lay cock, whose lady was the first I had seen in the 
district of Albany. I felt for her as a poor solitary. 
We thanked them most sincerely for their kindness in 
