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flower. Mr. Ulbricht brought me a wild fruit, nearly 
of the shape of a hen's egg ; the upper part was red 
like a cherry ; it was tapering towards the bottom, and 
yellow was most curiously intermingled with the red; 
and about half an inch from the stalk it was dark 
green, so that at first sight I thought it was a cup to 
the fruit. Its external appearance was elegant, but 
the taste was nauseous. After travelhng about an 
hour we halted at a pool of water, which was at about 
three hours distance from CafFraria. Though we had 
about thirty Hottentots in our company, not one had 
ever before been in that part of Africa. In the afternoon 
two of our people fell in with a large elephant, but 
they were afraid to molest him by attempting to shoot 
him, as it was in a plain, and there was no place of 
refuge near. The lightning commenced at sun-set, 
and the thunder about half after six. Thermometer, at 
noon, 71. 
19th. Before sun-rise I heard a volley of muskets 
fired off, but knew not on what occasion, till the good 
news was brought us that a buffalo was killed, which 
I perceived afforded great pleasure to our Hottentots, 
who, from their habits, wish to live almost entirely 
upon animal food. On getting out of the waggon I 
walked to the spot, where I found them busy in 
skinning the animal, which was very large — I suppose 
half as large again as one of our oxen, with most 
formidable horns, which I brought with me to Eng- 
land. In about an hour they had cut up the buffalo, 
and put the pieces into three waggons, after which we 
